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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one… — Edgar Allan Poe
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion… — Edgar Allan Poe
Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value. — Ezra Pound
I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it. — Lisa Marie Presley
Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch… — Daniel Radcliffe
You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly… — Robert Redford
I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first game that wasn't… — John C. Reilly
Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin. — Ryan Reynolds
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot. — Sally Ride
Calamity is the test of integrity. — Samuel Richardson
Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity. — Samuel Richardson
The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased. — Samuel Richardson
The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the… — Jeremy Rifkin
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength. — Pat Riley
For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement… — Mitt Romney
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random. — Donald Rumsfeld
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented. — Donald Rumsfeld
The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his… — John Ruskin

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