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• Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it.

  Sam Ewing

  Wisdom, Jobs, Thinking

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• The good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Essence, Two, Soul

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• For a Man cannot believe a Miracle without relying upon Sense, nor Transubstantiation without renouncing it. So that never were any two things so ill coupled together as the Doctrine of Christianity and that of Transubstantiation, because they draw several ways, and are ready to strangle one another: For the main Evidence of the Christian Doctrine, which is Miracles, is resolved into the certainty of Sense, but this Evidence is clear and point blank against Transubstantiation.

  John Tillotson

  Christian, Believe, Men

  John Tillotson (1685). “A discourse against transubstantiation”, p.40

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• If you *stop* putting off homemaking until your hope of marriage develops into a reality, and *start* to develop an interesting home right now, it seems to me two things will happen: first, you will develop into the person you could be as you surround yourself with things that express your own tastes and ideas; and second, as you relax and become interested in areas of creativity, you will develop into a more interesting person to be with.

  Edith Schaeffer

  Home, Creativity, Reality

  Edith Schaeffer (1972). “Hidden art”

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• The two things I enjoy the most about writing are the first page of a book and the last. What's in between is very hard work.

  Rachel Gibson

  Book, Hard Work, Writing

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• There are two things we cannot do alone. One is to be married and the other is to be a Christian.

  Paul Tournier

  Christian, Two, Married

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• Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Two, Effort, Impossible

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.

  Barbara Sher

  Moving, Two, People

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• It's sad, but a relief as well, to know that two things so closely bound together can separate with so little violence.

  Julie Powell

  Broken Heart, Two, Together

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• Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.

  Tom Feeney

  Florida, Two, Aftermath

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• There are only two things that can destroy a healthy [hu]man: love trouble, ambition, and financial catastrophe. And that's already three things, and there are a lot more.

  Peter Altenberg

  Ambition, Men, Two

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• You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine, for all this mischief. And made them so there is this entirely different point of view about love and sex

  Beatrice Wood

  Life, Sex, Views

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• Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.

  Tom Freston

  Two, Innovation, Together

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• There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.

  Bertrand Meyer

  Two, Computer, Initials

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• The two things, love and snow, that make the world look fresh again

  Charles Finch

  Two, Snow, Looks

  Charles Finch (2014). “The Last Enchantments”, p.184, Macmillan

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• Losing more of our existing nuclear fleet will make it that much tougher to meet our carbon reduction goals. We need to keep ramping up renewables, but they can't meet our need for reliable power 24/7. Nuclear is a baseload source and it's carbon-free - two things we need.

  Eileen Claussen

  Two, Goal, Needs

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• There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content.

  Fred Rodell

  Writing, Editing, Law

  "Goodbye to Law Reviews," Virginia Law Review, Nov. 1936

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• Congress does two things well: nothing and overreacting.

  Michael Oxley

  Two, Political, Doe

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• There are only two things in a business that make money - innovation and marketing, everything else is cost.

  Peter Drucker

  Two, Innovation, Marketing

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• I realized two things from an early age - I was insane and had some kind of comedic thing going on. My brain was wired to think about things in terms of how funny they were.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Thinking, Two, Brain

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• I have two things going for me. The first is the fidelity to my principles, and the other is my ability to show up for the fight every day. Period that.

  Ron Dellums

  Fighting, Two, Principles

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• In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.

  Henry Cloud

  Two, Leader, Ends

  Henry Cloud (2013). “Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• There are two things you will never be without: One is your reputation and the other is your credit rating.

  Larry Winget

  Two, Credit, Reputation

  Larry Winget (2007). “You're Broke Because You Want to Be: How to Stop Getting By and Start Getting Ahead”, p.71, Penguin

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• I think as a company, if you can get two things right--having a clear direction on what you are trying to do and bringing in great people who can execute on the stuff--then you can do pretty well.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Thinking, Clear Direction, Two

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• The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.

  Timothy Keller

  Two, Want, Glory

  "Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work".

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