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Friday, 21 November 2008
Daily Quote:
"There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American." (Twain, Mark - America)

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All that glitters is not gold.
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Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.
Carelessness is worse than a thieve.
Details often kill initiative, but there have been few successful men who weren't good at details. Don't ignore details. Lick them.
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
In a major matter no details are small.
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Measure three times before you cut once.
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -- that particular peach is but a detail.
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The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it exactly right.
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.
Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.

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