Quotes 2901 till 2920 of 3662.
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There is an English saying that the king is always happy, or, 'happy as the king' - which is not true at all. But I can be as happy as a king if all of you know what is right and what is wrong and cooperate to fix things.
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There is an inherently minimum set of essential concepts and current information, cognizance of which could lead to our operating our planet Earth to the lasting satisfaction and health of all humanity.
Source: Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking (1975)― Richard Buckminster Fuller
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
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There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.
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There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.
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There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.
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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.
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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
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There is no action of man in this life which is not the beginning of so long a chain of consequences, as that no human providence is high enough to give us a prospect to the end.
Source: Leviathan ch. 31 -
There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off.
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There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
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There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.
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There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.
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There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio.
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There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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There is no course of life so weak and Scottish as that which is ordered by orders, method, and discipline.
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There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.
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There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colors of life in all their purity.
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