Properly Quotes

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A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will. — Reinhold Niebuhr
For the Rays, to speak properly, have no Colour. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a… — Isaac Newton
Perhaps the importance that we must attach to the achievement of an artist or a group of artists may properly be measured by the answer… — Walter Sickert
The open mode is a mood in which curiosity for its own sake can operate, because we're not under pressure to get a specific thing… — John Cleese
The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having… — Alain de Botton
Speaking, when you have something to say, is like looking. But who looks? If people could see properly, and see whole, they would all be… — Pierre Bonnard
The only way I could work properly was by using the absolute maximum of observation and concentration that I could possible muster. — Lucian Freud
The gulf coast region has been hit hard by two major hurricanes and is going to need federal assistance at several levels, The best way… — Bob Goodlatte
When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful… — Richard M. Nixon
Intellect begins with the observation of nature, proceeds to memorize and classify the facts thus observed, and by logical deduction builds up that edifice of… — Herbert Read
It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. — Yann Martel
I've bashed my body for 30 years and I've just got to eat properly and not drink too much - very difficult! — Ian Woosnam
I like to be a bowler because I can't bat properly. After 17 years of cricket I have got the opportunities and made the wickets… — Muttiah Muralitharan
It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew I… — Susan Boyle
Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment. — Robert Genn
Before we can properly help the people, we have to destroy the old education... that teaches them that somebody is keeping them back and that… — Marcus Garvey
The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Lord, and issues forth from himself, and may properly be called God's minister to execute his will… — Brigham Young
The Bad Lands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and… — Theodore Roosevelt
Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. — Matthew Arnold
The hardest part of rowing properly: Eyes and Minds in The Boat! — Phillip Thomas

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