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If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

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A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.

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If you would like to live in a community in which you may have pride, then dedicate yourself in a spirit of humility and your responsibilities in that community.

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Some are bent with toil, and some get crooked trying to avoid it.

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There is nothing that makes a man more self-satisfied than a poor memory.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Werner Heisenberg

Herbert V. Prochnow

Herbert V. Prochnow

Born: May 19, 1897
Died: September 29, 1998 (aged 101)
Bio: Herbert Victor Prochnow was a U.S. banking executive, noted toastmaster, and author during the middle 20th century. As Vice President of the First National Bank of Chicago, Prochnow wrote several popular books on public speaking.
Known for:
  1. The Public Speaker's Treasure Chest (1942)
  2. The Toastmaster's Treasure Chest (1966)
  3. Dictionary of Wit Wisdom And Satire (1962)
  4. 1400 Ideas for Speakers and Toastmasters (1964)

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