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head for

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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. Andrew Carnegie

At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first. Ethel Merman

It is of first-rate importance to notice from the start that stupidity is not the same thing, or the same sort of thing, as ignorance. There is no incompatibility between being well-informed and being silly, and a person who has a good nose for arguments or jokes may have a bad head for facts. Gilbert Ryle

When the shooting starts climb on your camel and head for the mountaintops. Bedouin Proverb

When the government has no ears to listen with, then she has no head for governing. Danish Proverb

A Tyrone woman will never buy a rabbit without a head for fear it's a cat. Irish Proverb

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