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A generation ago there were a thousand men to every opportunity, while today there are a thousand opportunities to every man. — Henry Ford II
When Eve upon the first of Men The apple press'd with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not Adamant! — Thomas Hood
Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. — Walter Scott
Liupan the Mountain of Six Circles Dazzling sky to the far cirrus clouds. I gaze at wild geese vanishing into the south. If we cannot… — Mao Zedong
Kunlun Mountain Over the earth the greenblue monster Kunlun who has seen all spring color and passion of men. Three million dragons of white jade… — Mao Zedong
Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends. — Vladimir Kramnik
Let them like the Tibetans, chew the cud of their "om mane padme hum" innumerable times, or, as in Benares, count the name of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
To win countrywide victory is only the first step in a long march of ten thousand li.... The Chinese revolution is great, but the road… — Mao Zedong
I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with… — Oprah Winfrey
Seek to be made holier every day; pray, strive, wrestle for the spirit, to make you like God. Be as much you can with God.… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand, or two million,… — Susan Cain
He took a step toward her, than another, tentatively, gathering all his strength, as though about to throw a heavy switch that would, if his… — Michael Chabon
Such creatures of accident are we, liable to a thousand deaths before we are born. But once we are here, we may create our own… — Mary Antin
You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Stephen Blackpool fall into the loneliest of lives, the life of solitude among a familiar crowd. The stranger in the land who looks into ten… — Charles Dickens
Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met...I can say… — Pope Francis
Water becomes clear and transparent when in a quiescent stage. How much the more wonderful will be the mind of a sage when poised in… — Zhuangzi
There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you... And there are others who will understand -… — Yasmin Mogahed
Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles. — Swami Vivekananda
A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library… — Stephen King
If Nature here wishes to make a mountain, she runs a range for five hundred miles; if a plain, she levels eighty; if a rock,… — Olive Schreiner
If I heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times from Ray Hunt. He said 'make the wrong thing difficult and the right thing… — Buck Brannaman
The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired… — Seth Godin
Would you take a billion dollars, if as part of the deal the Earth were made uninhabitable a year after your death? ... well, of… — John Cleese
I swim all the time at night - I've always been a water girl. It's a black-bottom pool and my pool light was out, and… — Brooke Burns

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