Admirable Quotes

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I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who does good things… — Kristen Stewart
I'd say that all nations have contact with the truth, and all religions have admirable people. — Jon Voight
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. — Oscar Wilde
Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses. — George Will
I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well… — will.i.am
We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable. — Francis Collins
But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the… — W. Somerset Maugham
What is pure Bill? Or excellent or admirable? The death of a million people in a flood? God evidently through so. He is incapable of… — Ted Dekker
So where does Stan fit in this equation?... We are told to meditate on scripture, even the hald that details the consequences of evil, the… — Ted Dekker
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeit of our own behavior,--we make guilty of our… — William Shakespeare
This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical… — William Shakespeare
Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it. — Agatha Christie
Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true of grave-robbing. Loot… — N.D. Wilson
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live… — Oscar Wilde
I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in… — Bertrand Russell
Thatâ€™s why it is important to enjoy the journey not just the destination. In this world, we will never arrive at a place where everything… — Joel Osteen
According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly,… — Jonathan Stroud
Such loyalty is admirable, of course,â€ said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, â€œbut Dumbledore is gone, Harry. Heâ€™s gone.â€ â€œHe… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put… — Tasha Tudor
...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a frustrating and contentious… — Dean Koontz

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