"A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not."
-Dalton Trumbo
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"The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.“
-Dalton Trumbo
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"Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility."
-Dalton Trumbo
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"Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility."
-Dalton Trumbo
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
-George Sand
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"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
-William Shakespeare
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"Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel."
-Doris Lessing
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"It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave."
-Nicole Kidman
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"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"You can't connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
-Steve Jobs
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"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."
-Robert E. Lee
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