Direct Quotes

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Increasingly, the balance between living in the world and not being of the world is becoming more delicate. Publications, radio, television, and the Internet have… — L. Tom Perry
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come… — Victor Hugo
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we… — Walter Lippmann
When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to us is to… — Arthur Curley
When everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why buildings in the… — Milton Friedman
There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation… — Michael Milken
Your income is a direct reward for the quality and quantity of the services you render to your world. Whatever field you are in, if… — Brian Tracy
There's an idea I came across a few years ago that I love: My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse… — Michael J. Fox
The situation of the Salvadorian people is terrible; all their rights are violated. There is a direct violation against the human person, a violation of… — Maria Julia Hernandez
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely a matter of… — Navi Pillay
We believe that climate change must be viewed not only as a danger to natural systems, but also as a direct threat to human survival… — Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
There is no instrument for measuring the pressure of the Ether, which is probably millions of times greater: it is altogether too uniform for direct… — Oliver Lodge
Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need direct liability for… — Kumi Naidoo
The largest 100 corporations hold 25 percent of the worldwide productive assets, which in turn control 75 percent of international trade and 98 percent of… — Peter Drucker
The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both about each other. — Bill Gates
But even in the absence of direct interference by those who had the power to interfere, the process was usually aborted by the non-availability of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it. — Madame Roland
Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs… — Therese of Lisieux
By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature… — James G. Frazer
The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your… — Stephen Covey

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