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1. "The man who says he can, and the man who says he cannot... are both correct" was said by what great philosopher who lived from 551-479 BC?
2. Which French writer (1871-1922) said, "In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things"?
3. Some people like to attribute the quote "Anyone who says money doesn't buy happiness doesn't know where to shop" to Gertrude Stein, but there simply isn't enough evidence to support the claim that she said it. But there's no denying a 1966 episode of "Gilligan's Island" borrowed that phrase when which actress exclaimed, "Anyone who says money can't buy happiness doesn't know where to shop"?
4. What social activist also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz said, "You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it"?
5. "There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveller, who says, 'Anywhere but here'".
What Transcendentalist, nicknamed the "Sage of Concord" said this?
6. A recurring gag from the TV sitcom "F Troop" involved Sergeant O'Rourke and Corporal Agarn hatching a plan, and when Agarn would come up with something helpful, Sergeant O'Rourke would typically say, "Agarn, I don't know why everybody says you're so dumb!" And then a smiling Agarn, pleased that he came up with a good idea, would change his expression quickly to consternation and ask, "Who says I'm dumb?" Who played Corporal Randolph Agarn?
7. What French writer wrote in his 1951 nonfiction book, "L'Homme revolte" (The Rebel): What is a rebel? A man who says "no".
8. Which U.S. President said, "The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice." He was such a forceful personality in saying what he wanted that he once gave a famous speech shortly after being shot from a would-be assassin!
9. What actress described her character this way: "Margo Channing was not a bitch. She was an actress who was getting older and was not too happy about it. And why should she be? Anyone who says that life begins at 40 is full of it. As people get older their bodies begin to decay. They get sick. They forget things. What's good about that?"
10. Educator and writer Laurence J. Peter said, "The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance." Mr. Peter described the concept known as "the Peter Principle" which stated what?
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