But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
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Guys like O.J. Simpson and Tony Dorsett can take the ball and run through the line, but I defy them to follow… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
We must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week,… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Begin this moment, wherever you find yourself, and take no thought of the morrow. Look not to Russia, China, India, not to… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store, transform and trasmit data -- the lowest… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
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The ability to work with systems of general equilibrium is perhaps one of the most important skills of the economist - a… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom,… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. Success is the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Being a dancer I've got the idea that through discipline and hard work, you can develop the ability to be in a… — Thierry Mugler Copy Share Image
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Ted Seabrooke, my wrestling coach, had a kind of Nietzschean effect on me in terms of not just his estimation of my… — John Irving Copy Share Image
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... human free will implies God's prior decision not to tamper with the metaphysical base of that free will. It also implies… — Don Richardson Copy Share Image
Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I… — Zhang Ziyi Copy Share Image
Without the changed conditions, the product of a lost war, a revolution and a pervasive sense of national humiliation, Hitler would have… — Ian Kershaw Copy Share Image
Well, it's like I have a GPS inside me," I told them. "One of the talking ones. I tell it where I… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
When one person has the ability to make one tweet and spiral the price of a particular asset at that level -… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
The ability of the humans to not only function in space but be very functional when they arrive at their destination, those… — Kevin A. Ford Copy Share Image
America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
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What makes the EpiPen unique is its delivery vehicle - an auto-injector that's packaged in a convenient, pen-like device. The product's key… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
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Hearing, seeing and understanding each other, humanity from one end of the earth to the other now lives simultaneously, omnipresent like a… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Imagine craving absolutely nothing from the world. Imagine cutting the invisible strings that so painfully bind us: what would that be like?… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Copy Share Image
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Forgiveness does not mean that we suppress anger; forgiveness means that we have asked for a miracle: the ability to see through… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Maybe we’ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
That longing in the heart of a woman to share life together as a great adventure-that comes straight from the heart of… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
Cooking gives you the ability to grow as a person and to give yourself confidence. You can invite people around, you can… — William Katt Copy Share Image
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when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
Graham Wallas has reminded us that writing as compared with speaking involves an impression at the second remove and reading an impression… — Harold Innis Copy Share Image
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I think there's responsibility both at the federal and provincial levels for education in a grander sense - and that is to… — Roberta Bondar Copy Share Image
