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reputation
«Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.»
«Character is the firm foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character.»
Author: R. C. Samsel
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Character
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build, building, built, erected, erecting, erects, firm, foundation, foundation stone, lasting, reputation, stone, The Firm, weak, worthy
«It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.»
Author: Warren Buffett
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Reputation
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build, differently, five, minutes, reputation, ruin, ruining, takes, think about, years
«It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made - so faithful is the public»
Author: Arnold Bennett
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Reputation
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difficult, faithful, Mar, properly, public, reputation, seriously
«Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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Character,
Reputation
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Real Character, real thing, reputation, shadow, The Real Thing, The Shadow, think of, Tree
«Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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Thinking
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each week, few, International, myself, reputation, The International, thinking, This Week, three, three times, time of year, twice, Two and Three, two times, week, week after week, year
«It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
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Reputation
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especially, most especially, obvious, pays, reputation, subtleties, subtlety
«I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.»
Author: Mae West
(Actress)
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Reputation
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girl, missed, myself, reputation, story, The Story, wrote