Quotes with first-born

Quotes 841 till 860 of 1905.

  • Lawrence Durrell Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will - whatever we may think.
    Lawrence Durrell
    British Author (1912 - 1990)
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  • Samuel Beckett Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
    Samuel Beckett
    Irish dramatist and novelist (1906 - 1989)
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  • Benedict Wong Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a bridge between East and West.
    Benedict Wong
    English actor (1971 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Euripides Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Beth Behrs Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.
    Beth Behrs
    American actress and writer (1985 - )
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  • Epictetus Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • James Redfield Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being.
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  • Samuel Johnson Knowledge always demands increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but will afterwards always propagate itself.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
    Source: Works of Abraham Lincoln (2010 edition)
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Akhenaton labor not after riches first, and think thou afterwards wilt enjoy them. He who neglecteth the present moment, throweth away all that he hath. As the arrow passeth through the heart, while the warrior knew not that it was
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Adam Smith Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Alan Moore Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.
    Alan Moore
    English writer (1953 - )
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  • Aaron Allston Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
    Aaron Allston
    American game designer and author (1960 - 2014)
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  • Vince Lombardi Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Vince Lombardi Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • M. Anderson Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
    M. Anderson
     
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  • George Washington Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Herman Melville Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
    Herman Melville
    American author (1819 - 1891)
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