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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom… — Hannah Arendt
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those… — Aristotle
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment… — Aristotle
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of… — Aristotle
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine.… — Mahmoud Abbas
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse… — Karen Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas… — Karen Armstrong
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of… — Karen Armstrong
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and… — Neil Armstrong
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s… — Rowan Atkinson
Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn… — Rowan Atkinson
It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars. — David Attenborough
Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit… — David Attenborough
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories. — Chinua Achebe
Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting. — Margaret Atwood
I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road. — Kevyn Aucoin
I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila

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