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One of the greatest problems today is about the people who would rather be right than be President. I have a solution for that. You can be Left and President: that way you can eat your cake and halve it too. Or you can stay in the middle of the road and get run over.

— Gracie Allen How to Become President (1940)

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Who am I to talk? That’s a fair question, and one which deserves a better answer than I can give you.

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Cultivate friendships. If you don’t have time to cultivate all of them, plow under every fifth one and collect your bonus.

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Now, I don’t pretend to know all the answers. I’m just a plain, ordinary, everyday genius who loves her fellow-man whenever possible.

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Try to understand me. Nothing is impossible.

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It’s silly to think that Presidents are born, because very few people are 35 years old at birth, and those who are won’t admit it.

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