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Life is ten percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it. Irving Berlin		Sunday Dec 22, 2024
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If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee of continuity is quality. Submerge the good in a flood of the new, and good will come back to join the good which the new brings with it. Old-fashioned hospitality, old-fashioned politeness, old-fashioned honor in business had qualities of survival. These will come back.

Captain Edward 'Eddie' Vernon Rickenbacker

Quote Author: Captain Edward 'Eddie' Vernon Rickenbacker

	Captain Edward 'Eddie' Vernon Rickenbacker
	(1890-1973) US pilot of plane downed in Pacific in WW2, 7 men survived over 3 weeks in rafts.

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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

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If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee of continuity is quality. Submerge the good in a flood of the new, and good will come back to join the good which the new brings with it. Old-fashioned hospitality, old-fashioned politeness, old-fashioned honor in business had qualities of survival. These will come back.

... we saw nothing in the way of searching planes or ships.... the second day out we organized little evening and morning prayer meetings.... Frankly and humbly we prayed for our deliverance. After the oranges were gone, we experienced terrific pangs of h