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Quotes 861 till 880 of 1569.

  • Arthur Schopenhauer Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Earl Nightingale Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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  • Bill Huizenga Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order - and creating an atmosphere for the private sector in job creation.
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  • Bill Shuster Our first responsibility is to protect the American people and we cannot put on blinders to expect that everyone who seeks asylum does so in good faith.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments, Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know thyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • B. W. Powe Passion was animal flesh, raw desire gnawing and ripping at its early limitations. These passions were to be feared only if undirected by the conscience of the higher self. Mind was the key to the process of enlightenment. Hence reason was the first principle, light itself.
    Mystic Trudeau - The Fire And the Rose Emanations, Destinies, p. 4
    B. W. Powe
    Canadian poet, novelist and teacher (1955 - )
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  • Antisthenes Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
    Antisthenes
    Greek philosopher (445 - 365)
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  • Martin Luther Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.
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  • Herbert Spencer People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
    Herbert Spencer
    British Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
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  • Carson Kressley People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.'
    Carson Kressley
    American television personality, actor, and designer (1969 - )
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  • Bill Weld People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.
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  • Abdolkarim Soroush People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
    Abdolkarim Soroush
    Iranian Islamic thinker and reformer (1945 - )
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  • Carol Moseley Braun People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.
    Carol Moseley Braun
    American diplomat, politician, and lawyer (1947 - )
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  • Anthony de Mello People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.
    Anthony de Mello
    Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist (1931 - 1987)
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  • Martin Luther People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
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  • Blake Mycoskie People often ask me what I consider my goal to be at TOMS. The truth is that it's changed over the years. When we first began, the goal was to create a for-profit company to help the children that I met in a small village in Argentina.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Baltasar Kormakur People talk about Hollywood as a myth, but in reality, when you make Icelandic movies and you want to get them distributed in the U.S., you're not really working with Hollywood. The movies I've been making, the first one I made, I made it with Working Title, but it was financed through Universal, so it became a Hollywood production.
    Baltasar Kormakur
    Icelandic actor, theater and film director (1966 - )
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  • Amy Tan People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.
    Amy Tan
    American author (1952 - )
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  • Ben Elton People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Alistair Cooke People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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