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No man is any the worse off because another acquires wealth by trade, or by the exercise of a profession; on the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
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As a bull market turns into a bear market, the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
..Radiation...the biggest lobby ...in the world. It's involved in university research. ...industries...the whole medical profession.., the whole military establishment, and the economic… — Rosalie Bertell Copy Share Image
A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We certainly do not forget you as soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises… While my townsmen and women are devoted in somany ways… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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Study me, reader, if you delight in me, because on very few occasions shall I return to the world, and because the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
There's a stupid trend in American politics right now with people who have no experience with politics and no grasp of public… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Mom did not want me to have anything to do with playing music. Being from a middle-class Black family in that particular… — Don Alias Copy Share Image
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Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of… — Doug Flutie Copy Share Image
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Gentlemen ... Do you not see that so long as society says a woman is incompetent to be a lawyer, minister or… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
I'd definitely like to study other things and keep on learning all the time, but I wouldn't want to do anything else.… — Cindy Busby Copy Share Image
No one working as an astronomer is shackled in chains. This is a tremendous profession. There are lots of neat people, and… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
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I have known female whores who spoke very bitterly of their calling. "If they don't like my face, they can put a… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
To say that a schlemiel is a luckless person is to touch only the negative side. It is the schlemiel's avocation and… — Maurice Samuel Copy Share Image
The FDA and much, but not all, of the orthodox medical profession are actively hostile against vitamins and minerals... They are out… — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
TV is great and can open up doors, but if you aren't there to cook because you love it, don't go. Don't… — Kristen Kish Copy Share Image
Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been… — John Knox Copy Share Image
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