You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

—Mahalia Jackson

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Mahalia Jackson ( mə-HAY-lee-ə; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black...

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Money just draws flies.

—Mahalia Jackson

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How many scholars are there whose single book or article has generated more intellectual energy than the collected works of other, quantitatively far more 'productive,' scholars? The commensurating device known as the 'tape measure' may tell us that a Vermeer interior and a cow plop are both twenty inches across; there, however, the similarity ends.

—James C. Scott in Two Cheers for Anarchism

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The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

—Peter Ustinov

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A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

—Ronald Reagan

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Well begun is half done.

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