Taken Quotes
4667 quotes by 3387 authors
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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
— Aristotle
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It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So…
— Julian Assange
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I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.
— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance…
— Teresa of Avila
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I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once again for the…
— Michele Bachmann
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Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any…
— Robert Baden-Powell
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A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never…
— Alec Baldwin
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We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
— William Barclay
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What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but it is emotionally possible.
— Julian Barnes
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The way the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed, and taken most of it into their own hands, is as good…
— Mario Batali
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.
— Ingrid Bergman
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious…
— Felix Adler
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Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that…
— Annie Besant
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Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may…
— Annie Besant
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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
— Larry Bird
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There are so many issues in our oceans - like the near extinction of blue fin tuna - that should be taken more seriously worldwide.
— Heston Blumenthal
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Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have - to be taken away from one's…
— James Blunt
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