Quotes with being

Quotes 1361 till 1380 of 1877.

  • Benjamin Haydon The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • James Baldwin The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • C. Everett Koop The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
    C. Everett Koop
    American doctor and pediatric surgeon (1916 - 2013)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Christian Morgenstern The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.
    Christian Morgenstern
    German poet (1871 - 1914)
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  • Emma Goldman The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Baruch Spinoza The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • St. Thomas Aquinas The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Italian philosopher and theologian (1225 - 1274)
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  • Philip Roth The horror of being caged has lost its thrill.
    My Life as a Writer (2014)
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Karl Marx The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.
    Karl Marx
    German economist and state philosopher (1818 - 1883)
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  • Alan Cranston The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events, having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
    Alan Cranston
    American politician and journalist (1914 - 2000)
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  • Elbert Hubbard The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Anna Howard Shaw The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human life, and progress and growth and higher human ideals come into being and so the world moves ever on.
    Anna Howard Shaw
    American activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement (1847 - 1919)
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  • Beth Henley The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • John Maynard Keynes The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Betty Cuthbert The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.
    Betty Cuthbert
    Australian athlete (1938 - 2017)
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  • Thomas à Kempis The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Barbara Corcoran The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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