Holds Quotes
1481 quotes by 1171 authors
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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.
— Mary Astell
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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it…
— Charles Babbage
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The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.
— James A. Baldwin
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Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad,…
— Annie Besant
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Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me.…
— David Bowie
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I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all…
— Tony Abbott
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My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.
— Jeff Bridges
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Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food on the table,…
— Geraldine Brooks
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The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but…
— Malin Akerman
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What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended…
— James Buchan
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I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's…
— Madeleine Albright
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It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something…
— Charisma Carpenter
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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of…
— James Allen
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Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
— Tom Allen
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If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God,…
— Adam Clarke
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I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.
— Ralph Abernathy
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see…
— Tadao Ando
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In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.
— Kofi Annan
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Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
— Yasser Arafat
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Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.
— Daisaku Ikeda
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