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Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That… — Edith Wharton
I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by… — Martin Chemnitz
Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups.… — Bertrand Russell
I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man. — Thomas Jefferson
Be the first to seize intersecting ground, that is ground which lies the intersections of borders or intersections of main thoroughfares of commerce and travel.… — Sun Tzu
Victory is the main object in war. — Sun Tzu
It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At least in science it is… — Edward Teller
It just ain't possible to explain some things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have… — Jim Dodge
My main competitor is myself. — Evgeni Plushenko
A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say,… — Walter Lippmann
I was 14 when I lost them [his front teeth]. The main thing was, we won that game, so I was the happiest. You hate… — Unknown Author
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain. — Pierre Trudeau
There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire to become somebody.… — Anthony de Mello
The main thing for a gymnast is total concentration while competing. At such moments one has to put everything else behind. I know that other… — Ludmilla Tourischeva
The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable strategic territories...No one… — Winston Churchill
Exalt the Cross! God has hung the destiny of the race upon it. Other things we may do in the realm of ethics, and on… — Theodore L. Cuyler
Here's the main page of motivational quotes, if you want a different topic. Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. — Joseph Conrad
Our greatest duty and our main responsibility is to help others. But please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them. — Dalai Lama
The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have applied them for… — Kofi Annan
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another.… — Henry David Thoreau
Nature, machine-like, works definitely and heartlessly, if in the main beautifully. Hence, if we, as individuals, do not make this dream of a god or… — Theodore Dreiser
The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those… — Mignon McLaughlin
My main objective is to be professional but to kill him. — Mike Tyson
An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my… — Henry Morton Stanley
We lost, and that's the main thing that went wrong, — Mike Krzyzewski

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