Quotes with element

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  • Arthur Henderson On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Carlisle Floyd People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Greg LeMond Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • André Dubus Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.
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  • Thomas Carlyle Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • William James Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of partiality for his individual favorites, lacks an essential element of largeness.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Carlisle Floyd Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Joan Didion Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance.
    (2011)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Bill Sienkiewicz That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.
    Bill Sienkiewicz
    American artist (1958 - )
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  • Jean Cocteau The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.
    Jean Cocteau
    French writer (1889 - 1963)
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  • Bruce Barton The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Bruce Henderson The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior.
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  • Morris Hite The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to make it memorable.
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  • Irving Berlin There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
    Irving Berlin
    American composer and lyricist (1888 - 1989)
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  • Augustus Hare There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung There is rarely a creative man who does not have to pay a high price for the divine spark of his great gifts... the human element is frequently bled for the benefit of the creative element.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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