Always be smarter than the ...

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.
Always be smarter than the people who hire you.
 Lena Horne

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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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I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
 Lena Horne
I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.
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I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked.
 Lena Horne
As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.
 Lena Horne
It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.
 Lena Horne