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So long as the man with ambition is a failure, the world will tell him to let go of his ideal; but when his ambition… — Christian D. Larson
I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful.… — Macklemore
The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska. — Douglas Coupland
The gross debaucheries and atrocious cruelties are covered with a resplendent mental veil because of the systematic exposition of the philosophic principles in all fields… — Iwan Bloch
I have information about things that our government has lied to us about. I know. For example, to say that since the fall of the… — Sibel Edmonds
Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what… — Richard Hamming
Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence. — Joseph Story
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a machine… — George Orwell
We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by… — Blaise Pascal
The transition of world agriculture from food grain to feed grains represents an...evil whose consequences may be far greater and longer lasting than any past… — Jeremy Rifkin
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The example of the… — Simon Newcomb
Our girls have need of such an example of graciousness, elegance, refinement, and spirituality. — Maria Young Dougall
I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, not in a chaos without norms, even though that… — M.C. Escher
Donâ€™t ever average losers. Decrease your trading volume when you are trading poorly; increase your volume when you are trading well. Never trade in situations… — Paul Tudor Jones
Thereâ€™s a real question as to what beauty is and why itâ€™s important to us. Many pseudo-philosophers try to answer these questions and tell us… — Roger Scruton
The conservative response to modernity is to embrace it, but to embrace it critically, in full consciousness that human achievements are rare and precarious, that… — Roger Scruton
The fact is that we have been consistent in a predictable 60-year commitment to national security, while our friends and former enemies - by intent… — Victor Davis Hanson
I want to set an example that will never be forgotten. — Terry Fox
I can't think of another actor who acquired stardom so quickly, who held it for such a short time, and then kept it for such… — Leonard Maltin
My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started. — Andrew Sullivan

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