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"It is a curious fact that when we get sick we want an uncommon doctor... When we get into a war, we dreadfully want an uncommon admiral and an uncommon general. Only when we get into politics are we content with the common man." »Herbert Clark Hoover
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"Common sense in an uncommon degree and is what the world calls wisdom." »Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." »George Washington Carver
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"Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice." »Minna Thomas Antrim
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"On the roads of failure, it is not uncommon to see the tears of the talented; and in the land of success, to hear the victorious screams of the incompetent!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare" »Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography
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"It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world." »Orison Swett Marden
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"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side." »Aristotle, unknown
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"There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, 'Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams.' Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there. These are great dreams, but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I' That's where courage comes in." »Erma Bombeck
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"Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom." »Dee W. Hock
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