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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest… — John Quincy Adams
Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed. — Heraclitus
Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed in public. — Hannah Arendt
Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said… — Herodotus
The noble entitlement bespeaks an Ã©lan, a certain type of relationship with your partner. It means formidable technique not displayed lightly. The excitement comes from… — Kevin McKenzie
The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement… — H.G. Wells
In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/femaleâ€¦In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked… — Laura Mulvey
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance. — Cheikh Anta Diop
We can glimpse it in the book of Acts: the method of the kingdom will match the message of the kingdom. The kingdomâ€¦goes out into… — N. T. Wright
Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances… — Rachel
There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart. — John Tukey
I set out to show that there exists single creative activity,which is displayed alike in the arts and in the sciences.It is wrong to think… — Jacob Bronowski
The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed. — Laozi
In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called acedia, a 'dangerous… — Richard Louv
Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed. — Nhat Hanh
Bistro cooking is good, traditional food, earnestly made and honestly displayed. It is earthy, provincial, or bourgeois; as befits that kind of food, it is… — David Liederman
I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact. — Phil Plait
It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the market place and… — Eric Hoffer
In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed "unwittingly," the writer scowling naively and the diners… — David Mamet
Eduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller, whose gifts are displayed on every page of this beautiful, daring, and deeply humane book. — Daniel Alarcon

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