You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

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I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists. ― Donald Trump

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Remember There’s No Such Thing As An Unrealistic Goal – Just Unrealistic Time Frames. ― Donald Trump

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The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. ― Marilyn Monroe

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There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings of democracies. What is this safeguard? Skepticism. This you must preserve. This you must retain. If you can keep this, you need fear no harm.

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Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. ― Donald Trump

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Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means.

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We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward. ― Alison Croggon

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good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells. ― Donald J. Trump

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