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Quotes 1141 till 1160 of 1709.

  • Lewis Mumford The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of art. Mind takes form in the city; and in turn, urban forms condition mind.
    Lewis Mumford
    American social philosopher (1895 - 1990)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The classes that wash most are those that work least.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Ben Marcus The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can't just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches.
    Ben Marcus
    American author and professor
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  • Auberon Herbert The course that will restore to the workmen a father's duties and responsibilities, between which and themselves the state has now stepped, is for them to reject all forced contributions from others, and to do their own work through their own voluntary combinations.
    Auberon Herbert
    British writer, theorist, philosopher
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  • Brandon Cruz The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work.
    Brandon Cruz
    American actor (1962 - )
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  • Arthur Brisbane The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work!
    Arthur Brisbane
    American newspaper editor (1864 - 1936)
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  • Beau Willimon The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • André Maurois The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Oscar Wilde The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bruce Barton The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Confucius The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Anna Garlin Spencer The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.
    Anna Garlin Spencer
    American educator and feminist (1851 - 1931)
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  • Benjamin Franklin The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Bijou Phillips The fact of the matter is I'm 21 now. I stay home. I feed my dogs. I don't really go out. I work.
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  • Bobby Seale The FBI's Counter-Intelligence Program would work hand-in-hand with police departments, literally planning attacks on Black Panther Party offices throughout the United States of America. They did this over a period of time.
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • John Ruskin The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Milo Bloom The first sign of a nervous breakdown is when you start thinking your work is terribly important.
    Milo Bloom
     
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  • Sir James Goldsmith The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.
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  • Benigno Aquino III The focus of my administration is, if somebody decides to work abroad, then it has to be from choice as opposed to necessity.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • C. V. Raman The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
    C. V. Raman
    Indian physicist (1888 - 1970)
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