Quotes with best-that

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  • Amy Lowell Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
    Amy Lowell
    American poet, criticus (1874 - 1925)
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  • Horace Walpole To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation.
    Letter to Sir Horace Mann (27-05-1776)
    Horace Walpole
    British writer (1717 - 1797)
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  • Aeschylus To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • John Updike To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client; still, one must make the best of the case, for the purposes of Providence.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Gail Sheehy To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
    Gail Sheehy
    American author, journalist, and lecturer (1936 - 2020)
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  • Bill Maris To create exponential growth in health care, we need to put tremendous resources and focus behind the best human minds working in this field.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Al Oerter To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If you do it right, it can open all kinds of inner doors.
    Al Oerter
    American athlete (1936 - 2007)
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  • Raymond Holliwell To give your best is to receive the best.
    Raymond Holliwell
    American author
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  • Lao-Tzu To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Paul Auster To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.
    Timbuktu (2010) 59
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Willa Cather To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
    Willa Cather
    American author (1873 - 1947)
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  • Marcus Aurelius To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • William James To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Brent Scowcroft To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Bill Shorten To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.
    Bill Shorten
    Australian politician (1967 - )
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  • Margaret Thatcher To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Katherine Mansfield To work - to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Victor Hugo Toleration is the best religion.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Carl Lewis Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • George Borrow Translation is at best an echo.
    George Borrow
    English writer of novels and travel books (1803 - 1881)
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