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When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort… — Elbert Hubbard
Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare, it is simply disgraceful. — Aldous Huxley
I despise and abhor the pleas on behalf of that infamous practice, vivisection... I would rather submit to the worst of deaths, so far as… — Robert Browning
God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of His kingdom made manifest; He… — Giordano Bruno
To the possible enquiry as to the probable character of a successful flying machine, the writer would answer that in his judgment two types of… — Octave Chanute
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. — Honore de Balzac
I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress. — Marat Safin
Our present ecological crisis, the biggest single practical threat to our human existence in the middle to long term, has, religious people would say, a… — Rowan Williams
I'm very happy and lonely single old man - and bitter. — Chris Kirkpatrick
Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us. — Sam Tanenhaus
Here is one optimists reason for believing unity will prevail ... within the next hundred years ... nationhood as we know it will be obsolete;… — Strobe Talbott
Some people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop of alcohol. It… — Henning Mankell
It is surely indisputable that no single leader in the twentieth century exerted as great an influence on the course of world history as Lenin. — Dmitri Volkogonov
Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota. — John Hoeven
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the… — Sam Houston
Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal… — Joseph M. Juran
Perhaps the single most important point for parents to follow is the importance of giving goals to a child. And the most important goal is… — L. Ron Hubbard
I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back. — Abraham A. Ribicoff
Where you want to be is always in control, never wishing, always trading, and always first and foremost protecting your ass. That's why most people… — Paul Tudor Jones
Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use. — Roger Scruton

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