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• Speak softly and carry a big stick.
• Walk softly and carry a big stick. -- Theodore Roosevel
• It's a hockey stick. I always carry one for emergencies.
• There is a homely adage which runs, "Speak softly and carry a big stick
  you will go far." --Theodore Roosevelt [1858-1919] Speech at Minnesota State Fair [Sept. 2, 1901]...
• Cheeble softly, and carry a big chewstick.
• Speak softly and carry a big check.
• Deteriorata: Go placidly amid the noise and waste and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
  Avoid quiet and passive persons unless you are in need of sleep....
• Teddy Roosevelt did it softly, but with a big stick.