Quotes with also-ran

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  • Edgar Quinet Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
    Edgar Quinet
    French poet, historian and politician (1803 - 1875)
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  • Antony Hewish Thus I was able to make pioneering measurements of the height and physical scale of plasma clouds in the ionosphere and also to estimate wind speeds in this region.
    Antony Hewish
    British radio astronomer (1924 - )
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  • Maxwell Maltz Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Bruce Lee Time means a lot to me because, you see, i, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
    Source: Striking Thoughts (2000)
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • Anatole France To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Aldous Huxley To be a fool at the right time is also an art.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Myriam Miedzian To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Hippocrates To do nothing is also a good remedy.
    Hippocrates
    Greek physician (460 - 377)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Ruth Gordon To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never - I repeat - never under any conditions face the facts.
    Ruth Gordon
    American actress (1896 - 1985)
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  • John Ruskin To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Barbra Streisand To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Bayard Taylor To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Abraham Pais To make a discovery is not necessarily the same as to understand a discovery. Not only Planck but also other physicists were intially at a loss as to what the proper context of the new postulate really was.
    Abraham Pais
    Dutch-American physicist (1918 - 2000)
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  • Arthur Holly Compton To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.
    Arthur Holly Compton
    American physicist
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  • Cary Fowler To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough. But biodiversity is much more than that, for it encompasses not only the diversity of species, but also the diversity within species.
    Cary Fowler
    American agriculturalist and businessman (1949 - )
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  • Bruce Lee To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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