Quotes with not-too-distant

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  • John Kenneth Galbraith The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Orwell The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Sir Thomas Beecham The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
    Sir Thomas Beecham
    English conductor and impresario (1879 - 1961)
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  • Pliny the Elder The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
    Pliny the Elder
    Roman author, naturalist and natural (23 - 79)
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  • J. G. Ballard The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Lewis Lehr The entrepreneurial approach is not a sideline at 3M. It is the heart of our design for growth.
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  • Baltasar Gracián The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • George Orwell The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Confucius The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • John Fischer The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different- to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses.
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  • Hubert Humphrey The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Hubert Humphrey The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Michael Porter The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
    Michael Porter
    American engineer and economist (1947 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • George Orwell The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Edwin H. Land The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
    Edwin H. Land
    American scientist and inventor (0 - 1991)
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  • Aristide Briand The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations.
    Aristide Briand
    French statesman (1862 - 1932)
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