Among Quotes
4656 Among quotes by 2816 unique authors
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To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game.
— Howard Staunton
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A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry over to discussions.…
— Peter Senge
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When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of wasteland. See what…
— Tom Hodgkinson
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Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don't waste your time. What we need most is…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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The wisest among us - the genuine leaders - smile in the face of adversity.
— Robin Sharma
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In no circumstance would the United States or any other nation have the right to mount a military invasion to overthrow another government for the…
— David Cortright
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He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain -…
— Kate Chopin
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The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about…
— Timothy Geithner
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Well-functioning financial systems are important in achieving sustained economic growth. They play a crucial role in channeling household savings into the corporate sector and allocating…
— Toshihiko Fukui
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[A] new generation, innocent of the divisions of the Cold War, this coming-of-age. ... If its members do not feel the urgency to escape the…
— Jonathan Schell
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An honourable agreement among men as to their conduct toward women, and it was devised by women.
— Don Herold
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What tender and devoted mother wouldn't be dismayed and ill with terror at her son's or daughter's stepping even one hair's breath off the beaten…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and…
— David Hyde Pierce
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Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians because we are talking when we should be…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters…
— Samuel Johnson
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And they beat. The women for having known them and no more, no more; the children for having been them but never again. They killed…
— Toni Morrison
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I'm hopeful that increased awareness of the issues in Africa will bring about a new wave of progress and activism among young people everywhere.
— Angelina Jolie
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The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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There is a hidden epidemic threatening the lives of millions of Americans...hunger. In this land of plenty, it is unthinkable that fellow citizens are going…
— Swoosie Kurtz
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Peace among religions is a precondition for world peace.
— Agnivesh
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One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally…
— Joseph Addison
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Augustus gradually increased his powers, taking over those of the senate, the executives and the laws. The aristocracy received wealth and position in proportion to…
— Tacitus
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They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men…
— William Manchester
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What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants…
— James Cook
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