Quotes with essence

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  • Sir Henry Taylor He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.
    Sir Henry Taylor
    English dramatist and poet (1800 - 1886)
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  • Thomas Carlyle History is the essence of innumerable biographies.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • H.G. Wells Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
    H.G. Wells
    British-born American author (1866 - 1946)
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  • Alexander Theroux Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.
    Alexander Theroux
    American novelist and poet
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  • Alan Dershowitz I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes.
    Alan Dershowitz
    American lawyer and author (1938 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde I think that generosity is the essence of friendship.
    The Devoted Friend
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Burning Spear I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get that musical essence from that time before I even do my first song.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Alex Noble If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.
    Alex Noble
    Australian athlete and motivational speaker
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  • Brendan Myers If loneliness is part of our essence, that is, our essential nature, that is only because of the way, in practical terms, we actually exist; that is, the way we move and work and live in the world.
    Brendan Myers
    Canadian philosopher and author (1974 - )
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  • Bill Gurley If one asserts that buying customers below what they charge them is a corporate strategy, this is in essence an arbitrage game, and arbitrage games rarely last.
    Bill Gurley
    American businessman (1966 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's, then that must feel pretty good.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Ian McEwan Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.
    (2001)
    Ian McEwan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • Anthony Robbins In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Isaac Asimov Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
    Isaac Asimov
    American writer (1920 - 1992)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Igor Stravinsky Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
    Igor Stravinsky
    Russian composer (1882 - 1971)
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  • Jane Austen Is not general incivility the very essence of love?
    Pride & Prejudice Vol 2, ch. 2
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Julius Caesar It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
    Julius Caesar
    Roman emperor (101 - 44)
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  • Northrop Frye It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable.
    Northrop Frye
    Canadian literair criticus (1912 - 1991)
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