I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
I trust everything, under God, to habit, upon which, in all ages, the lawgiver, as well as the schoolmaster, has mainly placed… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Copy Share Image
Good habits are not made on birthdays, nor Christian character at the new year. The workshop of character is everyday life. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Unhappily the habit of being offensive 'without meaning it' leads usually to a way of making amends which the injured person cannot… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I know of one semibarbarous zone whose librarians repudiate the "vain and superstitious habit" of trying to find sense in books, equating… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I just find that each year I try something new. You can't fight the march of time. To balance that out, each… — Cindy Crawford Copy Share Image
Yes, I read. I have that absurd habit. I like beautiful poems, moving poetry, and all the beyond of that poetry. I… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
Always be ready to give a good testimony for the Lord, but remember that the best testimony a Christian can have is… — Larry Burkett Copy Share Image
My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men.… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“in almost every experiment, researchers have seen echoes of Squire’s discoveries with Eugene: Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
The fight against syphilis demands a fight against prostitution, against prejudices, old habits, against previous conceptions, general views among them not least… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Science and Technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm focused on the next generation, because I think it's very hard to break the habit of adults who've got salt and… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of this present.… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I always say fitness is the first step to greatness. And I try to encourage my fans to be on the same… — Jake Paul Copy Share Image
Miro, I'm so sorry. I always felt such pity for you humans because you could only think of one thing at a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Working at home is hard. It tends to give you bad habits. It feels more like you're going to work when you… — Kate Beaton Copy Share Image
When I wake up in the morning, I need the writing to go to. I begin there. And that's not an accident,… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
All the evidence shows that establishing the habit of voting as early as possible is a vital tool in making sure that… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If… — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
“Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure. Carry out an action with complete… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it?… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ...… — William James Copy Share Image
“You have the most infernal habit when anyone says the simplest thing to you, of letting your lower jaw drop and looking… — PG Wodehouse Copy Share Image
No matter what happens - never give up a hole…In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your… — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
Jack London is a very generous description of my small hiking, bicycling, and canoeing habit. I myself feel like a weak urbanite… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
The soil of friendship is worn out with constant use. Habit may still attach us to each other, but we feel ourselves… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
For instance, they [The Federal Narcotics Bureau ] give out that marijuana is a harmful and habit-forming drug, and it simply isn't.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Nothing's more exciting than a day in a studio with a string section - or more ruinously expensive. So it's good to… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
Teaching children how to be eco-friendly at preschool age is just so obvious and so fantastic. It creates habits that they get… — Tana Ramsay Copy Share Image
I don't let myself believe in writer's block. I feel very strongly writing is habit as much as an art or a… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Babies are born with neither good nor bad character. Normal people - as they grow, learn and are trained - develop better… — Edwin J Delattre Copy Share Image
Good judges develop certain habits of mind. One of those habits of mind is the habit of delaying reaching conclusions until everything… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Novels need readers of a certain kind, people who are patient and enjoy immersing themselves in another perspective for uninterrupted stretches of… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
The prodigious waste of human life occasioned by this perpetual struggle for room and food, was more than supplied by the mighty… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
In the comic-book world, there tends to be an overblown sense of tradition. Bad habits die hard. There are ways I think… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
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