Quotes with destroyer—and

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  • Alex Haley In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
    Alex Haley
    American writer (1921 - 1992)
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  • Will Durant In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Alice Walker In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Bill Dedman In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 - just two months before the club was damaged and its outbuildings destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which stacked up yachts at its docks like pick-up sticks.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Wendell L. Willkie In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.
    Wendell L. Willkie
    American lawyer, politician and corporate executive (1892 - 1944)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Oscar Wilde In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carol P. Christ In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.
    Carol P. Christ
    American feminist historian and author (1945 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler In Old Havana, the names of the streets before the revolution provided a glimpse into the city's state of mind. You might have known someone who lived on the corner of Soul and Bitterness, Solitude and Hope, or Light and Avocado.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Jiddu Krishnamurti In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Indian theosophist (1895 - 1986)
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  • Malcolm X In order for a man to really understand himself he must be part of a nation; he must have some land of his own, a God of his own, a language of his own. Most of all he must have love and devotion for his own kind.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Salvador Dali In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Adrienne Rich In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our bodies (though control is a prerequisite); we must touch the unity and resonance of our physicality, our bond with the natural order, the corporeal grounds of our intelligence.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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  • Richard Bach In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
    Richard Bach
    American author (1936 - )
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  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
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  • Jo Coudert In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.
    Jo Coudert
    American author
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  • Billy Strayhorn In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.
    Billy Strayhorn
    American jazz composer and pianist (1915 - 1967)
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita In order to predict effectively, we need to use science. And the reason that we need to use science is because then we can reproduce what we're doing; it's not just wisdom or guesswork. And if we can predict, then we can engineer the future.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Robert Byrne In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.
    Robert Byrne
    American author (1928 - 2013)
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