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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

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I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable.
If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.
An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again.
But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
Love is a friendship set to music.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.
Never mistake motion for action.
The best way out is always through.