Quotes with lifts

  • Nothing so lifts a man from all his mean imprisonments, were it but for moments, as true admiration.
  • I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.
  • The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.

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  • C. Neil Strait Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.
    C. Neil Strait
    American priest and author (1934 - 2003)
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  • Booker T. Washington Wherever our life touches yours, we help or hinder... wherever your life touches ours, you make us stronger or weaker.... There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Anne Tyler I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Aaron Carter Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.
    Aaron Carter
    American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor (1987 - )
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  • Cher Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. To us, exercise is nothing short of a miracle.
    Cher
    American singer and actress (1946 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Nothing so lifts a man from all his mean imprisonments, were it but for moments, as true admiration.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Steven Weinberg The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
    Steven Weinberg
    American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics (1933 - 2021)
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  • Naomi Wolf Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.
    Naomi Wolf
    American author, journalist, feminist, and former political advisor (1962 - )
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