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This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
– Elbert Hubbard

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  3. I forgive,- Penny said. -œBut I don’t forget. I’ll remember the kind of gum you were chewing when you did me wrong. – MJ Mandrake
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  5. If there is no justice in a country, who can claim that, that country is a country? An injustice country is just a rubbish bin! – Mehmet Murat ildan
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  7. A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life. – Elbert Hubbard
  8. Business, to be successful, must be based on science, for demand and supply are matters of mathematics, not guesswork. – Elbert Hubbard
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  38. And tell them all about the books you’ve read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That’s an order. You can never read too many books. – PB Kerr
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  40. Fight, fight, fight and get that money, money, money. ‘Cause happiness can’t buy even a nickel. – Ari Gold

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