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The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

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What is more, sir," his lordship went on, "I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by 'professionalism.' It appears to mean getting one's way by cheating and manipulating. It appears to mean serving the dictates of greed and advantage rather than those of goodness and the desire to see justice prevail in the world. If that is the 'professionalism' you refer to, sir, I don't care much for it and have no wish to acquire it. Kazuo Ishiguro
It takes good clients to make a good advertising agency. Regardless of how much talent an ad agency may have, it is ineffective without good products and services to advertise. Morris Hite
Hannah More quote: "It's cheaper to pardon than to resent. Forgiveness saves the..."
It's cheaper to pardon than to resent. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, and the waste of spirit. Hannah More
What's interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend to talk about this when men keep it silent. James Levine
Dave Chappelle quote: "Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through."
Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through. Dave Chappelle
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise."
A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
At least he's alive and well. I love him enough that I want that. I want him to have what's best for him." She sighed. "I just don't want to stick around to watch. Stephenie Meyer
Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified. Ted Danson
Henry Ward Beecher quote: "What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the..."
What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin. Henry Ward Beecher
But the memory of war weighs undiminished upon the people's minds. That is because deeper than material wounds, moral wounds are smarting, inflicted by the so- called peace treaties. Hjalmar Schacht
Naming is a difficult and timeconsuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name. Jeanette Winterson
I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not. J. D. Salinger
Chester Gould quote: "I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd..."
I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could. Chester Gould
Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where you put in the gas, where you put in the oil, where you turn the throttle. Maxwell D. Taylor
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. George Washington