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«Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.»
Author: Marion Howard
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«None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.»
«No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.»
Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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«There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.»
«The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.»
Author: James Thurber
(Writer)
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«See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.»
«Love your neighbour; yet don't pull down your hedge.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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«Love thy neighbor, yet pull not down thy hedge»
«Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.»
Author: Zig Ziglar
(Author, Speaker)
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