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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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  • Doug Horton Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Brad Garrett Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor. The unadulterated fear was on a level that was hard to explain.
    Brad Garrett
    American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and professional (1960 - )
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  • Billy Joe Saunders But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
    Billy Joe Saunders
    English professional boxer (1989 - )
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  • David Gemmell By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism.
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    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Samuel Johnson By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Samuel Johnson Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • C. S. Lewis Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Anais Nin Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • David Hume Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Confucius Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Louisa May Alcott Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Allan Bloom Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
    Allan Bloom
    American writer (1930 - 1992)
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  • John W. Foster Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?
    John W. Foster
    American diplomat and military (1836 - 1917)
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  • George Washington Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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