Constitutes Quotes

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Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: 'that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself.… — Carter G. Woodson
What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already. — Henry David Thoreau
Certainly it constitutes bad news when the people who agree with you are buggier than batshit. — Philip K. Dick
The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide. — P.G. Wodehouse
On Wednesday, July 19, the Council, having gleaned and discerned, released its official verdict: the fall of the tile bearing the letter "Z" constitutes the… — Mark Dunn
We understand â€¦ that what constitutes the dignity of a craft is that it creates a fellowship, that it binds men together and fashions for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.... You can describe all the externals of a… — Edward Gorey
Leroy interrupted Chantal's fantasies: "Freedom? As you live our your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your… — Milan Kundera
It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that must be prosecuted and what constitutes that… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the… — Paulo Freire
To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain… — Joan Didion
I don't think playing it safe constitutes a retreat, necessarily. In other words, I don't think if, by playing safe he means we are not… — Rod Serling
Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even… — David Sedaris
None of us constitutes a material whole, identical for everyone, which a person has only to go look up as though we were a book… — Marcel Proust
In more than one respect, the exploring of the Solar System and homesteading other worlds constitutes the beginning, much more than the end, of history. — Carl Sagan
... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level… — Judith Lewis Herman
History always constitutes the relation between a present and its past. Consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past — John Berger
When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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