Everyday, you get home from the shops with a bag of cat food and bin-liners and realise that, yet again, you failed to have cosmetic surgery, book a cheap weekend in Paris, change your name to something more glamorous, buy the fifth series of The Sopranos, divorce your spouse, sell up and move to Devon, or adopt a child from Guatemala. Lynne Truss
There is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .
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Dale Carnegie
If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.
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Dale Carnegie
When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.
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Dale Carnegie
Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.
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Garth Stein
People dumber than you are making a fortune.
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Dan Balestrero
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If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.
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