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  • Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
  • Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.
  • The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
  • Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
  • We tend to admire the people in our society who have accumulated such wealth as to seem somehow great. But we shouldn't forget that it was the everyday working class man who made this country great.
  • Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.
  • I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.
  • Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.
  • When I decided I wanted to go to drama school, I realized that a lot of the actors whose careers I really admire and whose work I really admire were English and English trained. I felt there was a real vocational feel to work in the U.K.
  • I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you've got to admire the workmanship.
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  • Oscar Wilde As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bill Bailey I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you've got to admire the workmanship.
    Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Robert Burns I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
    Robert Burns
    Scottish Poet (1759 - 1796)
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  • Nicholas Boileau A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
    Nicholas Boileau
    French poet and critic (1636 - 1711)
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  • Israel Zangwill A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
    Israel Zangwill
    British writer (1864 - 1926)
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  • Ralph B. Perry Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
    Ralph B. Perry
     
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  • W. H. Auden Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Blaise Pascal Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Noam Chomsky Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Frank Moore Colby Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • Oscar Wilde Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • William Arthur Ward Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
    William Arthur Ward
    American writer and poet (1921 - 1994)
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  • Bonnie Hunt But I'm thrilled to be employed, and to work with all my friends and people that I admire. You're just lucky to work - that's the bottom line.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Andrew Matthews Even the people we most admire often feel inadequate.
    Andrew Matthews
    Australian speaker and author of self-help books (1957 - )
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Alexander Pope Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Emily Brontë Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Winston Churchill He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Barry Lam High tech is for a short time. But art is forever. People still admire a Picasso or a Van Gogh. But they don't admire the steam locomotive anymore.
    Barry Lam
    Taiwanese billionaire businessman (1949 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal How useless is painting, which attracts admiration by the resemblance of things, the originals of which we do not admire!
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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