Quotes with harness

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• A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.

  Robert Cecil
  English statesman (1563 - 1612)
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• Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

  Ban Ki-moon
  South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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• Away with the cant of ''Measures, not men!'' - the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. No, Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures comparatively nothing.

  George Canning
  British statesman (1770 - 1827)
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• Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
  French Christian mystic, author (1881 - 1955)
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• Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements.

  Bill Frist
  American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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• We did some cool wire work in 'The Pact' - they had me strapped to a harness underneath my shirt so they could fling me around the house and slam me into doors. I definitely got some bruises even with all the padding!

  Caity Lotz
  American actress, dancer and singer (1986 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• opportunities
• comparatively
• supposition
• distinction
• marketplace
• retirements

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