Achieved Quotes
1264 quotes by 954 authors
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Nixon had three goals: to win by the biggest electoral landslide in history; to be remembered as a peacemaker; and to be accepted by the…
— Henry A. Kissinger
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The freedom of women was achieved by two things: One, the Pill. Two... by labour-saving devices like the washing machine. By science, not feminism.
— Doris Lessing
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We achieved our mission to the moon. Let's look home from that lofty perch and reimagine our mission on Earth - that is what we…
— William McDonough
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There is no interruption between my older paintings and my cutouts. Just that with an increasing sense of the absolute, and more abstraction, I have…
— Henri Matisse
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Nothing in Art is achieved by will alone. It is achieved by docilely submitting to the subconscious.
— Odilon Redon
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As people enable themselves to achieve one or two goals for the year that are most meaningful, they will find power, peace of mind, and…
— Stephen Covey
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It would be a very bad idea... to exhibit even a small number of this new series, as the whole effect can only be achieved…
— Claude Monet
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A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility. It is impossible to say what that possibility is. I think it has something…
— Leonard Cohen
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After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of the German nation,…
— Adolf Hitler
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The award is destined for scientists who do not fear to touch on some of the darkest aspects of being without betraying what they have…
— Vaclav Havel
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One day, a new ideal will arise, and there will be an end to all wars. I die convinced of this. It will need much…
— Kathe Kollwitz
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Vermilion alone could render the brilliant red of the tiles on the opposite slope. The orange of the soil, the harsh crude colors of the…
— Maurice de Vlaminck
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People often confuse "goal" and "purpose." A goal is something tangible; a purpose is a direction. A goal can be achieved; a purpose is fulfilled…
— Roger Delano Hinkins
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On the country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. On the city has gathered the…
— Raymond Williams
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Results alone should be appraised; the way in which these are achieved is of importance only to the maker.
— Edward Weston
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If there is anything the artist or a true work of art teaches us, it is that variety and complexity really increase the unity, and…
— David Steindl-Rast
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I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.
— Kenneth Lay
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You can't spend 110 percent on something if you don't have that same hunger and drive. I have achieved all my goals -- my mission…
— Lennox Lewis
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Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts
— Ernst Mayr
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The biggest thing for me is the self-satisfaction of winning the race. I don't care about who gets the most attention. I've achieved something that's…
— Dan Wheldon
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