Quotes 3641 till 3660 of 4584.
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There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.
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There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In all great men this mixture is striking, and in none more so than in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Mozart, His Character, His Work (1962) -
There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
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There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.
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There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.
Speech on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (5 July 1926) -
There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.
Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd -
There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.
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There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether.
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There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.
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There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.
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There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
Forbes Epigrams Or 1,000 Thoughts on Life -
There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.
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There is more in a common bubble than those who have only played with them generally imagine.
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There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
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There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.
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There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.
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There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
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