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There are no strangers in Freemasonry, only friends you've yet to meet.
Dave Thomas
'Masonry fosters an atmosphere of camaraderie among all who join, with each encounter being a potential source of new friendship.'
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Every child deserves a home and love. Period.
Dave Thomas
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Hard work is good for the soul, and it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself because you don’t have time.
Dave Thomas
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What’s the secret to success? It’s no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.
Dave Thomas
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Opportunities don't knock at all. They don't have to, they're already all around us. It's up to us to see where they are and take advantage of them.
Dave Thomas
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The more you give to others, the more you get in return.
Dave Thomas
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You earn your reputation by the things you do every day.
Dave Thomas
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Don't be afraid to be unique or speak your mind, because that's what makes you different from everyone else.
Dave Thomas
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It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and theyll keep coming back.
Dave Thomas
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Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we’re all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers’ expectations every day.
Dave Thomas
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You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.
Dave Thomas
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People ask me. 'What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?' I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child and the family is responsible." My big stand is this: Every child deserves a home and love. Period.
Dave Thomas
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Deliver total quality to every customer every day.
Dave Thomas
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There's no one to stop you but yourself
Dave Thomas
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You are what you eat. Which makes me cheap, quick and easy.
Dave Thomas
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Everyone's got to be for a child to have a home and love. I mean I don't know anyone who would be against that.
Dave Thomas
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Whether it's choosing a career or deciding what charity to get involved with, the choice should come from your heart. Ultimately you are the one who has to get up every morning and enjoy what you are doing, so make sure it matters to you.
Dave Thomas
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The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.
Dave Thomas
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If you like your remote messaging fat, dumb, and interoperable, you could also look into the SOAP libraries distributed with Ruby.
Dave Thomas
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What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER.
Dave Thomas
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Give everyone a chance to have a piece of the pie. If the pie's not big enough, make a bigger pie.
Dave Thomas
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There is no doubt in my mind that Masonry is the cornerstone of America.
Dave Thomas
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All programming is maintenance programming, because you are rarely writing original code.
Dave Thomas