Rare Quotes

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It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine. — Anne Sullivan Macy
Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism. — Hunter S. Thompson
Joe Bonomo has written a fine book: a book not only about a band or times passed, but also about the rare virtue of endurance. — Nick Tosches
We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over… — Hannah More
Rare is he who will concede genius. — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
It's rare when an artist's talent can touch an entire generation of people. It's even rarer when that same influence affects several generations. Elvis made… — Dick Clark
People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain and officious busybodies.… — Donald J. Boudreaux
It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to… — Neal Boortz
What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would… — Henry Ward Beecher
There's no obvious reason to assume that the very same rare properties that allow for our existence would also provide the best overall setting to… — Unknown Author
Language of the Gun shows why Bernard Harcourt has earned a reputation as one of our most provocative and informative analysts of the administration of… — Randall Kennedy
The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance. — Linda Ronstadt
Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion. — Peter Singer
As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of… — Fred Rogers
On the rare occasions when our dreams succeed and achieve perfection - most dreams are bungled - the are symbolic chains of scene and images… — Friedrich Nietzsche
...The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both... — Emmylou Harris
It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare… — Aimee Mullins
It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of… — Jesse Owens
Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of… — Andrew Solomon
It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking… — Eli Manning

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