Rare Quotes

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Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to see American businesses. — Mo Ibrahim
If you spend your life with academics, when you step outside, you realise there is this huge general readership that is almost impossible to reach… — Tom Paulin
From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African director Neill Blomkamp… — Ridley Scott
When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift… — Cate Blanchett
Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare. — Richard Armitage
The Inhumans, just as an idea - the idea that you were an ordinary horseman until you were exposed to this catalyst that is a… — Charles Soule
Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare. — S. Jay Olshansky
Ageing is very rare. We only see it in humans and laboratory animals and in zoo animals and in our pets. Basically, organisms that are… — S. Jay Olshansky
While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary. — Steve Largent
Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to… — Benjamin Cardozo
Queen Victoria was a woman of peerless common sense; her common sense, which is a rare gift at any time, amounted to genius. She had… — Edward Frederic Benson
Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving… — Tadashi Yanai
In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through good and bad… — Warren Stephens
In 1878, after having finished my course of instruction at the School of Military Medicine of Val-de-Grace, I was sent to Algeria and put in… — Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily. — Arnold Palmer
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet… — Bob Wells
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God. — Jean Anouilh
We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have… — Gordon Smith

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