Quotes with destroyer—and

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  • John Lennon The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Les Brown The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Carey Mulligan The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.
    Carey Mulligan
    English actress (1985 - )
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  • Anita Dunn The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is 'you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say why not; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before.
    Anita Dunn
     
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Sir William Watson The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent.
    Sir William Watson
    English poet (1858 - 1935)
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  • Abraham Cowley The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
    And drinks, and gapes for drink again;
    The plants suck in the earth, and are
    With constant drinking fresh and fair.
    Source: From Anacreon, ii. Drinking; reported in Bartletts Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Buddha The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beingsÂ… As the shadow follows the body, As we think, so we become.
    Source: Dhammapada
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Carter G. Woodson The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Bobby Jindal The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Alexander Chalmers The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
    Alexander Chalmers
    Scottish writer and journalist (1759 - 1834)
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  • Thomas Carlyle The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are - 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and, 3. Hope to all.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Boris Vian The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52.
    Boris Vian
    French writer, poet and engineer (1920 - 1959)
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  • Samuel Butler The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Camille Paglia The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.
    Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Adolf Galland The throttles could only move very, very slowly, always watching the temperature, always watching. And even in throttling back, you could bust it, even being very careful.
    Adolf Galland
    German Luftwaffe general (1912 - 1996)
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  • Benjamin Booker The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five months. Living in New Orleans, I couldn't afford to take care of myself. I had no health insurance.
    Benjamin Booker
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1989 - )
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