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I keep six honest serving-men

(They taught me all I knew);

Their names are What and Why and When

And How and Where and Who.

   

I send them over land and sea,

I send them east and west;

But after they have worked for me,

I give them all a rest.

   

I let them rest from nine till five,

For I am busy then,

As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,

For they are hungry men.

   

Why does the steam in the kettle move the heavy lid?

Be insatiably curious. Ask 'Why' a lot.

   

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work.

   

American Journey - Joseph Persico

• It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
• Get mad, then get over it.
• It can be done!
• Be careful what you choose. You may get it.
• You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.
• Share credit.
• Remain calm. Be kind
• Have a vision. Be demanding.
• Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
• Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

     

  I have lived in and risen in a white-dominated society and a white-dominated profession, but not by denying my race,, not by seeing it as a chain holding me back or an obstacle to be overcome. Others may use my race against me, but I will never use it against myself. My Blackness has bee a source of pride, strength, and inspiration, and so has my being an American. I started out believing in an America where anyone, given equal opportunity, can succeed through hard work and faith. I still believe in that America . - Colin Luther Powell.

     

  나는 "늘 너는 못할 것이다. 프로가 되지 못할 것이다. 키가 안 될 것이다. 너는 이게 안 되고 저게 안 된다." 는 말을 들어왔다. 나는 그 모든 극복한 완벽한 사례이다. 나는 이 말들에 신경 쓰지 않고 분발의 계기로 삼았다. - Hines Ward

     

  The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say "No" and they'll push, and I'll say "No", and they'll push again, and I'll say to them, "Read my lips: no new taxes." - George H.W. Bush

     

  Our lives would be better if we acted based on our deepest values instead of reacting to the feelings of the moment.

     

  Love is a smoke made with a fume of sighs;

  Being purged, a fire sparking in lover's eyes;

  Being vexed, a sea nourished with lover's tears.

  What is it else? A madness most discreet,

  A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

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  People ask how I feel about leaving. And the fact is, 'parting is such sweet sorrow' The sweet part is California and the ranch and freedom. The sorrow -the goodbyes, of course, and leaving this beautiful place. - President Reagan

     

  Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan. I am the responsible offer of the government.

  -케네디, 피그즈만 사건…

     

  When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

  For art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgment. The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state.

  The Great artist is thus a solitary figure. He has, as Frost said, "a lover's quarrel with the world." In pursuing his perceptions of reality, he must often sail against the currents of his time. This is not a popular role.

     

  The President - whoever he is- has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job.

     

  The bottom line is that people are never perfect, but love can be. Love is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating.

     

  We've only got 15 minutes left and need to cover 5 issues. Let's cut to the chase and leave the unnecessary chat for later.

     

  Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

     

  While the telegraph is long gone, the grapevine (the person-to-person communication) that preceded it is still going strong in this era of instant electronic communication, circulating news, gossip, and rumor in an organization or community outside of official channels.

     

  If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

  -Moshe Dayan

     

  I have pressed through in my own right,

  I have sung the body and the soul, war and peace have I sung,

  and the songs of life and death,

  And the songs of birth, and shown that there are many births.

     

  I have offered my style to every one, I have journeyed with confident step;

  While my pleasure is yet at the full I whisper So long!

  And take the young woman's hand and the young man's hand

  For the last time.

     

  I announce natural persons to arise,

  I announce justice triumphant.

  I announce uncompromising liberty and equality,

  I announce the justification of candor and the justification of pride.

  -Walt Whitman

     

  The art of war is, in the last result, the art of keeping one's freedom of action.

     

  The most important thing to learn in life, is how to live. There is nothing men are so anxious to keep as life, and nothing they take so little pains to keep well. This is no simple matter. Hippocrates said at the commencement of his medical Aphorisms, "Life is short, Art is long, Opportunity fleeting, Experiment uncertain, and Judgment difficult."

     

  Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking. - Cosby

     

  Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.

     

• I love treason but hate a traitor
• If you must break the law, do it to seize power; in all other cases observe it.

  Julius Caesar

     

  To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did; I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times. - 마크 트웨인

     

  The first hundred years is the hardest. (최고령 할아버지 왈)

     

  We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. - Kipling.

     

  There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. - Adam Smith

     

  A great fortune is a great slavery.

     

  I love thee with the passion put to use

  In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

  I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

  With my lost saints, - I love thee with the breath,

  Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose,

  I shall but love thee better after death.

  -Elizabeth Barrett Browning <How do I love thee?>

     

  If you would be loved, love and be lovable. -벤자민 플랭클린

     

  It takes all sorts of people to make the world. Live and let live.

     

  Capacity never loses opportunity.

     

  My heart leaps up when I behold

  A rainbow in the sky:

  So was it when my life began;

  So is it now I am a man;

  So be it when I shall grow old,

  Or let me die!

  The Child is father of the Man;

  And I could wish my days to be

  Bound each to each by natural piety.

  -William Wordsworth

     

  Although there has been much public debate over these issues, the best solution has yet to be found. Whatever transpires, it is ever the best is yet to be.'

  -Oswald Chambers

     

  Grow old along with me!

  The best is yet to be,

  The last of life, for which the first was made:

  Our times are in His Hand

  Who saith "A whole I planned,

  Youth shows but half; trust God; see all, nor be afraid!"

  -Robert Browning

     

  Your wish is my command. I'm at your service. I'm at your disposal. I'm at your beck and call.

     

  What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

     

  You might want to go there…. (Why don't you go there? 보다 훨 부드러움..)

     

  The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. -Emerson

     

  Lookers-on see most of the game.

     

  Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. - Brian Dyson.

     

  Even hope may seem but futile,

  When with troubles you're beset.

  But remember you are facing

  Just what other men have met.

  You may fail, but fall still fighting;

  Don't give up, whatever you do.

  Eyes front, head high to the finish,

  See it through!

  -Edgar Albert Guest

     

  I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death you right to say it.

  -Voltaire

     

  Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. -Gene Fowle, 저널리스트

     

  Using straightforward terms instead of ambiguous buzzwords will help you to make your point and will also help you stand out from the crowd.

     

  He won universal approval who combined the useful with the agreeable.

     

  You resign your liberty to whom you tell your secrets.

  To whom you tell your secrets, you resign your liberty.

     

  Get your heads together and come up with some ideas.

  Put your thinking caps on and come up with some ideas.

  Put your considering caps on and come up with some ideas.

     

  To top it all off… above all.

     

  If I pay a full price for a big-ticket item, I feel like being ripped off.

     

  Snap out of it. Be of good cheer. Keep your chin up. Chin. Perk.

  Summon/muster up your courage!,