Quotes with best-prepared

Quotes 1041 till 1060 of 1414.

  • Carson McCullers The curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being beloved is intolerable to many. The beloved fears and hates the lover, and with the best of reasons. For the lover is forever trying to strip bare his beloved. The lover craves any possible relation with the beloved, even if this experience can cause him only pain.
    The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1943)
    Carson McCullers
    American novelist and poet (1917 - 1967)
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  • Bill Goldberg The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never be... it's unattainable. But it drives me to be the very best in everything I do.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Seneca The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Henri-Louis Bergson The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
    Henri-Louis Bergson
    French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1927) (1859 - 1941)
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  • Robertson Davies The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
    Robertson Davies
    Canadian novelist and journalist (1913 - 1995)
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  • Aldous Huxley The fact that people are shocked is the best proof that they need shocking.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Cat Stevens The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • C. Wright Mills The family provides the army and navy with the best men and boys that it possesses. And, as we have seen, education and science too are becoming means to the ends sought by the military.
    The Power Elite (1956)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Big Pun The first album was 99 percent hard core to show you I was the best rhymer in the world.
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  • Bethany Mota The first day back to school, you never want to wear your best outfit. You're setting the bar too high for yourself! Then the rest of the school year, you'll feel so much pressure! Wear something cute, but save your best outfit for a day when no one expects it.
    Bethany Mota
    American video blogger (1995 - )
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  • Barry Commoner The First Law of Ecology: Everything Is Connected to Everything Else.... The Second Law of Ecology: Everything Must Go Somewhere.... The Third Law of Ecology: Nature Knows Best.... The Fourth Law of Ecology: There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.
    The Closing Circle
    Barry Commoner
    American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician (1917 - 2012)
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  • Caitlin Moran The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.
    Caitlin Moran
    English journalist, author, and broadcaster (1975 - )
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  • Desiderius Erasmus The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Barry Sanders The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Walt Whitman The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • Bill Walton The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Blaine Lee The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
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