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But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first book which they… — Samuel Johnson
The collapse of the world's banking system and the impending disaster of accelerating climate change are not separate phenomena. They are simply the most visible… — Jonathon Porritt
Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel. — Orison Swett Marden
The notion of multiple literacies recognized that there are many ways of being-and of becoming-literate, and that how literacy develops and how it is used… — Jerome Bruner
The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense… — Elliot W. Eisner
The decay of old aristocratic prejudices against greedy speculation, the undermining of orthodox Christian faith (which forbids avarice)... the debauching of agriculture to a gross… — Russell Kirk
Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people of… — Richard M. Nixon
Life, never deciding to master anything in particular. — Tony Robbins
A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will… — Daniel H. Pink
I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And just having a… — Ishmael Beah
I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he… — Socrates
At every single moment, we are given the opportunity to choose our future. What we do today will determine what we face next week, next… — Iyanla Vanzant
Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods. — Henri Matisse
So long as we refuse to include lottery tickets among the symphonies, or medical bulletins among the overtures, we must refrain from treating the emotions… — Eduard Hanslick
Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for… — George Washington
In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of… — Karlheinz Stockhausen
Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian. — Laura Innes
I don't believe any real artists have ever been non-political. They may have been insensitive to this particular plight or insensitive to that, but they… — Toni Morrison
Chance is but the pseudonym of God for those particular cases, which he does not choose to acknowledge openly with his own sign manual. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Don't sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and… — Michael Caine
Though not a remarkably precocious child in other respects, she seemed to have very clear and correct views on almost every subject connected with her… — Martha Finley
Now the stream of our common consciousness seems to be obliterating its own banks, losing its central direction and purpose, flooding the lowlands, disconnecting and… — Robert M. Pirsig
A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk,… — A. C. Benson
The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities… — Eric Temple Bell
In the contexts of religion and politics, words are not regarded as standing, rather inadequately, for things and events; on the contrary things and events… — Aldous Huxley

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