Quotes 4141 till 4160 of 25419.
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
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Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
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Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket...
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Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
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Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Concerned about re-election, interest-group reactions, the media, or fundraising, many legislators have found it in their interest to refuse to cooperate with members of the opposing party - or to treat them as enemies in some kind of war, in which the whole point is to defeat and humiliate them. But the American people have been the real losers.
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Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning.
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Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.
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Conclusive facts are inseparable from inconclusive except by a head that already understands and knows.
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Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.
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Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.
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Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.
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Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
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Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
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Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.
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Conformity is the jailor of freedom, and the enemy of growth.
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Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.
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