Proper Quotes

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Let there be then no coercion established in society, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the sexes will fall into their proper places. — Judith Sargent Murray
Many times, a child's struggle against hunger begins before he or she is born because the mother is undernourished. Making sure prenatal care and proper… — Hector Elizondo
In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude — Marya Mannes
A warrior can be injured but not offended. For a warrior there is nothing offensive about the acts of her fellow human beings, as long… — Robert Spencer
Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption. — Andre Bazin
Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more… — Paul Morphy
The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking oneself, for… — Mahatma Gandhi
How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been proper for a… — Gerald Heaney
For where did Dante take the material of his hell but from our actual world? And yet he made a very proper hell of it. — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is but one method of rendering a republican form of government durable, and that is by disseminating the seeds of virtue and knowledge through… — Benjamin Rush
The goal now is a socialist, redistributionist society, which is nature's proper steward and society's only hope. — David R. Brower
In my view, after fifty years of service in the United National system, I perceive the utmost urgency and absolute necessity for proper Earth government.… — Robert Muller
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland
It seems quite proper to fear achievement, which, after all, is proof that you've successfully moved an experience from the delightfully anticipated future into the… — Terry Rossio
Economic diseases are highly communicable. It follows therefore that the economic health of every country is a proper matter of concern to all its neighbors,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of and in the… — Abraham Lincoln
I further testify that when we eventually see things through the proper perspective of eternal truth, we will be amazed at how much we were… — John H. Groberg
Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything… — Twyla Tharp

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