Quotes with laurels

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• But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life.

  Angela Davis
  American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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• I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

  Bryan Adams
  Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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• Literature, as a field of glory, is an arena where a tomb may be more easily found than laurels; and as a means of support, it is the chance of chances.

  Henry Giles
  British Unitarian minister and writer (1809 - 1882)
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• Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

  Carl Rowan
  American government official, journalist and author (1925 - 2000)
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• Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

  Douglas Macarthur
  American general in WO II (1880 - 1964)
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• With racing, you never rest on your laurels, and there are no counterfeits.

  Julie Krone
   
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• Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• counterfeits
• literature
• different
• something
• dangerous
• support

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