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4277 Above quotes by 2732 unique authors
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Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is not above sudden, disturbing, movements. Since its inception, capitalism has known slumps and recessions, bubble and froth; no one has…
— Margaret Thatcher
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Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our past, or can…
— Robert Crais
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Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centred. It views humans as above or outside nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or…
— Fritjof Capra
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This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense the whole; only…
— Erwin Schrodinger
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God dwells in His creation and is everywhere indivisibly present in all His works. He is transcendent above all His works even while He is…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything…
— Wilfred Owen
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As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is…
— Henry Purcell
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Art is History's nostalgia, it prefers a thatched roof to a concrete factory, and the huge church above a bleached village.
— Derek Walcott
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I want to burn with the spirit of the times. I want all servants of the stage to recognize their lofty destiny. I am disturbed…
— Vsevolod Meyerhold
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The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical…
— Pierre de Coubertin
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Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping.
— Jacques Rogge
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And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one…
— Tycho Brahe
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What Ireland needs now above all else is peace.
— Albert Reynolds
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Other factors affecting the '109 as a combat plane include the small cramped cockpit. This is quite a tiring working environment, although the view out…
— Mark Hanna
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The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him,…
— James F. Cooper
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Above all nations is humanity,
— Goldwin Smith
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I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I speak…
— W. Eugene Smith
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Above all, the only thing you have to heal is the present thought. Get that right and the whole picture will change into one of…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Life is nothing but an occassional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief.
— Unknown Author
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The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are…
— Simon Sinek
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To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a…
— John Knox
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After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The…
— Gunter Grass
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Above all, try always to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world. It is the…
— Che Guevara
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I get all my ideas in Switzerland near the Forka Pass. There is a little town called Gletch, and two thousand feet up above Gletch…
— Dr. Seuss
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Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's…
— Stephan Jenkins
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