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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.

Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.

I think when I listen to old records, it puts me back in the atmosphere of what it felt like to make the record and who was there and what the room looked like. It's more a sensory memory.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

If you're a cartoon character or most TV characters, sure, you'll fight, because the punches are juicy-sounding and they don't leave marks. But in real life, if somebody punches you in the eye, it doesn't make any noise and your eye is swollen for, like, six months. It's a nightmare to get punched in the eye.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually.

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.

A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive.

A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.

I want to make America better!

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.