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The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a… — Eric Hoffer
Let them understand above all that the artist works from necessity; that he, too, is a minute element of the world to whom one should… — Pablo Picasso
The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and… — John Calvin
People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he… — Henry Louis Gates
I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together… — Nicolaus Copernicus
I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp… — Frantz Fanon
The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense… — Annie Lennox
Anything that we think is incredible and beautiful and wonderful, we ascribe to something that we don't know what it is. — Chris Martin
I don't ascribe to any particular style or period. — Lisa Marie Presley
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the… — Howard Schultz
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from… — John Zorn
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. — William Shakespeare
There were no men in this painting, but it was about men, the kind who caused women to fall. I did not ascribe any intentions… — Margaret Atwood
America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace… — James Ellroy
The things that we preceive as beautiful may be different, but the actual characteristics we ascribe to beautiful objects are similar. Think about it. When… — James Redfield
It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack… — W. Somerset Maugham
Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity. — James A. Owen
Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but… — Martin Luther
I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who… — Bill Hicks

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