Quotes 861 till 880 of 3711.
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Government is not reason and it is not eloquence. It is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
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Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
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Government is really successful when it's willing to make big, bold objectives, like, 'We're going to get to the moon.' But without leaders with big ideas, we get stuck.
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Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.
A Distant Mirror -
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) -
Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your shoulders, by nightfall, felt dragged down.
This is My Daughter p.320 -
Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be.
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Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.
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Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
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Growing up in Minnesota, I had a lot of freedom to run around, and we had go-carts and four-wheelers and all that stuff. I like that adrenalin-rush stuff. I did a little bit of dance, but mostly sports.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
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Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.
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Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It's like having a little pet for your face.
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Guys like Todd Bridges never overcame being a child star. You can't have any big failures. I've always felt regular. I played organized ball at the rec league. At 13, they told me I sold 3 million copies. I didn't know what that meant.
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Had I stayed longer in some primaries, I would have probably done better in states like Nevada, California, and New Mexico - but I ran out of the money after the second primary in New Hampshire.
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