Contribution Quotes

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A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good… — Dylan Thomas
Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and… — Steven Pressfield
Every individual has a unique contribution. — Jack Kornfield
What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took?… — Kazuo Ishiguro
It is no disparagement to the garden to say it will not fence and weed itself, nor prune its own fruit trees, nor roll and… — C.S. Lewis
They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder, writers advocating censorship,… — Ludwig von Mises
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting… — Marcel Duchamp
If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public. If learning is not made public, it is a waste. — Chaim Potok
Enthusiasm needs to be effective enthusiasm. We must distinguish between the contribution and enthusiasm of the cheerleader and the enthusiasm of the player. While cheerleaders… — Neal A. Maxwell
Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail… — Stephen Sondheim
Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with unselfishness. My talents… — Gordon B. Hinckley
...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a… — Che Guevara
Women have an important contribution to make. — Margaret Mead
How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great… — Anne Frank
I hope that each of you girls will become an individual of significant worth and a person of virtue so that your contributions are maintained… — James E. Faust
Iâ€™m not ashamed of what I am - of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do… — Lauren Bacall
Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person… — Rollo May
We discover that we are at the same time very insignificant and very important, because each of our actions is preparing the humanity of tomorrow;… — Jean Vanier
I have in this War a burning private grudgeâ€”which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection. — Hugh Nibley

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