Quotes with general

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  • Novalis Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
    Novalis
    German poet and writer (ps. van Georg van Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)
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  • Socrates Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Out of my general world-pattern-trend studies there now comes strong evidence that nothing is going to be quite so surprising and abrupt in the future history of man as the forward evolution in the educational process.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Samuel Butler People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Bernard Williams People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the position.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Callie Khouri Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
    Callie Khouri
    American film and television (1957 - )
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  • Burning Spear Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Bob Schaffer Salazar's record is one of weakness; he hasn't been a good attorney general.
    Bob Schaffer
    American politician (1962 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Arthur Capper Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections.
    Arthur Capper
    American politician (1865 - 1951)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Ben Rattray Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action.
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  • Bill James Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in general, it's reductive to think of evil as something foreign and separate from the rest of us. Evil is part of everyone. We all have the capacity to commit evil acts.
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Bob Hayes Soul travel can be a general expansion of awareness and knowingness or conscious experience of the heavenly worlds.
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Baz Luhrmann Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and it's that mix of people, it's that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality.
    Baz Luhrmann
    Australian director, writer, and producer (1962 - )
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  • Antony Hewish Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.
    Antony Hewish
    British radio astronomer (1924 - )
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  • Margaret Oliphant Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
    Margaret Oliphant
    British writer, historian (1828 - 1897)
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  • Noam Chomsky The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public are viewed as no more than ignorant and meddlesome outsiders, a bewildered herd.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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