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  • John Adams A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Barbra Streisand A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Bryant H. McGill Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Anne Rice Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Few men have been admired of their familiars.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Walt Whitman Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Aeschylus He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • J. G. Ballard I admired anyone who could unsettle people.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I've admired Anthony Hopkins for so long, and when I finally got to meet him in person, I became totally immobile and speechless! I stood there looking at him and couldn't say a word.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Bill Hader I've always admired Jeff Bridges. I really like how one can never get a handle on what he's doing.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Brunello Cucinelli In my office, I have a very beautiful marble bust of Seneca. I always have my eye on him when I'm taking phone calls. He's one of the many philosophers I've always read and admired.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Brandi Carlile It's really important to me to promote worthy causes. But not in a heavy, obligatory, responsibility way. I really admired that as a kid, learning about the 'Elton John AIDS Foundation.' And I was obsessed with The Indigo Girls. And they are the consummate activist group, always reaching out, especially to Native causes and things like that.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Katharine Hepburn The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
    Katharine Hepburn
    American Actress, Writer (1907 - 2003)
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  • Georgina Strickland Gates The cat's function is to sit and be admired.
    Georgina Strickland Gates
    American psychologist
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  • A. P. Herbert The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
    A. P. Herbert
    English humorist, novelist and playwright (1890 - 1971)
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  • Alan Patrick Herbert The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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  • Seneca The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud. The basic forms are all known, have all been practiced. The manners of capitalism improve. The morals may not.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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