Rare Quotes

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People who do not need to please are irresistible because they radiate wholeness, a rare delicacy in a world of hungry hearts. — Alan Cohen
The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict. — Max Euwe
The ability to take misfortune and make something good come of it is a rare gift. Those who possess it are ..said to have resilience… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle? — Katherine Mansfield
That's what's gonna make me come up with new stuff, if you get a good break or a good beat, you get a certain energy,… — Roxrite
In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible. — Caroline Kennedy
Success is less rare than the courage to attempt it. — Terry Rossio
It is a rare man who can prevail in the face of comfort. Freedom is fragile and elusive, for rarely does the appreciation of it… — Terry Rossio
'They fell in love.' Such a rare and special event cannot be done justice by one statement; it involves so much more than that single… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. — Milton Friedman
To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, politically speaking, a losing cause with the birth… — Mary McCarthy
In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today is ever more… — Pope John Paul II
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun… — Alex Kozinski
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ... Does man have… — Kenneth E. Boulding
At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at heart the source is always… — Michael Dorris
The gift without the giver is rare. — James Russell Lowell
It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path… — Caroline Myss
I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is… — Bertrand Russell
Pilots are a rare kind of human. They leave the ordinary surface of the word, to purify their soul in the sky, and they come… — Unknown Author
It is a rare and high privilege to be in a position to help people understand the differences that they can make not only in… — Helen Boosalis

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