Quotes with not-so-great

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  • John Ruskin An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Adolf Hitler Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Albert Einstein Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Oscar Wilde Anyone looking for a beautiful woman, good and intelligent, do not try one but three.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Audre Lorde Art is not living. It is the use of living.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Paul Auster Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient's ability and desire to survive.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Bobby Vinton As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Alan Cohen As soon as you become aware that something is not working, immediately shift your focus to the desired result.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Bill Gates At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
    Source: Interview published in BBC (website): news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1697000/1697132.stm
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Be not simply good; be good for something.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bill Hybels Be wary of insisting that you know better than God about when a prayer request should be granted. God's delays are not necessarily denials. He always has reasons for his 'not yets.
    Source: Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Emily Dickinson Beauty is not caused. It is.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Marie Beyon Ray Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.
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  • Benjamin Franklin Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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