Quotes with ground-glass

Quotes 101 till 120 of 191.

  • James Allen Mind is the Master - power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and ever more he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills - He thinks in secret and it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking-glass.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • John Wesley My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.
    John Wesley
    British preacher (1703 - 1791)
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  • Brock Lesnar My hands. I'm constantly working on my hands. I'm constantly working on my ground game and constantly trying not to get satisfied with where I'm at with my career and where I'm at as an athlete. I'm somewhat happy, but never satisfied.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Brigham Young Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only those who keep their eye fixed on the far horizon will find their right road.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Busta Rhymes New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Theodore Roosevelt No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Camille Paglia Not until all babies are born from glass jars will the combat cease between mother and son.
    Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway Only one marriage I regret. I remember after I got that marriage license I went across from the license bureau to a bar for a drink. The bartender said, ''What will you have, sir?'' And I said, ''A glass of hemlock.''
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Bill McKibben Our criteria is that it's okay to invest in companies so long as they stop lobbying in Washington, stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and sit down with every one else to plan to keep 80 percent of the reserves in the ground.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad People see his pleasure-ground; him no one sees at all.
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  • Marcel Proust People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Anna Lindh Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit the frustration it creates and use it as a breeding-ground for violent ideas.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Cass Sunstein Research shows that if people are talking and listening to like-minded others, they become more dogmatic, more unified, and more extreme. Personalized Facebook experiences are a breeding ground for misunderstanding and miscommunication across political lines and, ultimately, for extremism.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Jonathan Swift Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if it has common sense on the ground floor.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Joe E. Lewis Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.
    Joe E. Lewis
    American writer
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  • Rosa Parks Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
    Rosa Parks
    American activist in the civil rights movement (1913 - 2005)
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  • Ben van Berkel That's what I love about Chicago... It is the staccato aspect of the skyscrapers. But the ground is very loose, very relaxed. It makes Chicago far more pleasant than other cities.
    Ben van Berkel
    Dutch architect
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