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49655 Things quotes by 15725 unique authors

The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their… — John Baldoni
I will say little of the importance of a good education; nor will I stop to prove that the current one is bad. Countless others… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing my will, and… — Michel de Montaigne
The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to… — Dmitri Shostakovich
I would welcome the passing of the idea of philosophy as defined by a method of conceptual analysis. But that is not the passing of… — Robert Adams
People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by use they become… — Joseph Butler
As a scientist, I am hostile to fundamentalist religion because it actively debauches the scientific enterprise. It teaches us not to change our minds, and… — Richard Dawkins
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing… — Henri Frederic Amiel
In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled physically, such as for example… — Cyrano de Bergerac
...while there is such a thing as correctness in ethics, in interpretation, in mathematics, the way to understand that is not by trying to model… — Hilary Putnam
'Imagine a person whose memory could not retain what the word 'pain' meant-so that he constantly called different things by that name-but nevertheless used the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
...monetary exchanges have interesting things in common; Gresham's law, if true, says what one of these interesting things is. But what is interesting about monetary… — Jerry Fodor
...there are special sciences not because of the nature of our epistemic relation to the world, but because of the way the world is put… — Jerry Fodor
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things. — Seneca the Younger
He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time… — Marcus Aurelius
When you run in places you visit, you encounter things you'd never see otherwise. — Tom Brokaw
Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until you break the… — Unknown Author
The marathon's about being in contention over the last 10K. That's when it's about what you have in your core. You have run all the… — Robert de Castella
In addition to the well-known benefits of health and well-being derived from exercise, there are other unique advantages to being a runner. You are more… — Grete Waitz
Running gives me a clearer perspective on the world ... I've always seen the world by running, and that has allowed me to view things… — Grete Waitz
Coaches are okay, I guess, but I prefer to do things my own way. — Jack Foster
I don't drink. I don't kiss girls. These things do an athlete in. — Unknown Author
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others. — Okakura Kakuzo
Spirit is the essence of consciousness, the energy of the universe that creates all things. Each one of us is a part of that spirit… — Shakti Gawain
Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee — George Herbert

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