If you find yourself in a ...

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.
Mothers are the only race of people that speak the same tongue. A mother in Manchuria could converse with a mother in Nebraska and never miss a word.