Quotes with four-and-a-half

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Buchi Emecheta As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.
    Buchi Emecheta
    Nigerian-born British novelist (1944 - 2017)
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  • Vaclav Havel As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Angela Davis As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Ernest Renan As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him.
    Ernest Renan
    French writer and critic (1823 - 1892)
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  • Adam Smith As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • August Wilson As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.
    August Wilson
    American playwright (1945 - 2005)
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  • Bob Beauprez As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Bill Richardson As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Bo Bennett As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Don DeLillo As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.
    (2005)
    Don DeLillo
    American Author (1936 - )
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  • Bjorn Borg As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.
    Bjorn Borg
    Swedish tennis player (1956 - )
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  • Carl Gustav Jung As the animus is partial to argument, he can best be seen at work in disputes where both parties know they are right. Men can argue in a very womanish way, too, when they are anima - possessed and have thus been transformed into the animus of their own anima.
    Aion (1951)
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Michel Foucault As the archeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.
    Michel Foucault
    French essayist and philosopher (1926 - 1984)
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  • Bridget Riley As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.
    Bridget Riley
    English painter (1931 - )
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  • Sallust As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
    Sallust
    Roman historian (86 - 34)
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  • Carlos Ghosn As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth As the Chief of the Defence Staff says, you don't defend on the goal line. Defending the interests of the U.K. means tackling threats early and at source, and that means intervening overseas.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • Barbara Lee As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
    Barbara Lee
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Barry Commoner As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.
    Barry Commoner
    American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician (1917 - 2012)
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