Quotes 2741 till 2760 of 4330.
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
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Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.
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Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
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Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
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Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.
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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
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Presence is more than just being there.
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Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.
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Primrose-eyes each morning ope In their cool, deep beds of grass; Violets make the air that pass Tell-tales of their fragrant slope.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
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Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996 edition), Univ of Michigan Pr -
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
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Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.
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