Built Quotes

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Humor, to be comprehensible to anybody, must be built upon a foundation with which he is familiar. If he can't see the foundation the superstructure… — Mark Twain
We must refuse to submit to those institutions which are by definition sexist - marriage, the nuclear family, religions built on the myth of feminine… — Andrea Dworkin
Jazz was not only built in the minds of the great ones, but on the backs of the ordinary ones. — Cab Calloway
Romeo wants Juliet as the filings want the magnet; and if no obstacles intervene he moves towards her by as straight a line as they.… — William James
Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace. — U Thant
Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination. — Andrea Dworkin
The ideal weapons system is built in 435 congressional districts and it doesn't matter whether it works or not. — Unknown Author
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor… — Pope Paul VI
To wage war on misery and to struggle against injustice is to promote, along with improved conditions, the human and spiritual progress of all men,… — Pope Paul VI
It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely… — Gore Vidal
Any relationship primarily built on physical attractiveness is predestined to be short lived. — Zig Ziglar
There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the… — Buck Rodgers
It is as if evolution has built a safety device in our nervous system that allows us to experience full happiness only when we are… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and… — Maxwell Maltz
We must worship in truth. Worship is not just an emotional exercise but a response of the heart built on truth about God. "The Lord… — Erwin W. Lutzer
We imagine a school in which students and teachers excitedly and joyfully stretch themselves to their limits in pursuit of projects built on their vision...not… — Seymour Papert
The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. — Eric Maisel
A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are… — Herbert Muschamp
Fanaticism is such a blind stuff that it can never give you any idea as to what is reality. Because whatever you believe into, you… — Nirmala Srivastava
What do you have to surrender? A drop has to dissolve into the ocean to become the ocean. And a drop cannot be greater than… — Nirmala Srivastava

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