Quotes with major

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  • Victoria Billings Sexual liberation, as a slogan, turns out to be another kind of bondage. For a woman it offers orgasm as her ultimate and major fulfillment; it's better than motherhood.
    Victoria Billings
    American writer
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  • Bill Viola Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Ben Stein Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Ben Stein So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Antony Hewish Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.
    Antony Hewish
    British radio astronomer (1924 - )
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  • Nathalie Sarraute Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.
    Nathalie Sarraute
    French writer (1900 - 1999)
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  • Antonia Fraser That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Elie Wiesel That is my major preoccupation -memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Iris Murdoch The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Barry Ritholtz The consumption and production of energy is a major component of the global economy.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Bruce Sutter The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • John Major The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.
    John Major
    British politician (1943 - )
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  • Bob Newhart The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Arthur Herzog The main advantage of the omniscient approach is that it's the easiest to handle. That's the major reason so many writers select it.
    Arthur Herzog
    American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist (1927 - 2010)
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  • Bob Rae The major cuts in federal and provincial transfers to social service agencies, health care, education, and social housing over the past several years have not bee matched by an explosion in private giving. Nor will they ever be.
    The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Five, The Second Question: Charity and Welfare
    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • Arleigh Burke The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.
    Arleigh Burke
    American admiral of the US Navy (1901 - 1996)
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  • Douglas Adams The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Jim Rohn The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Jim Rohn The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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