Quotes with old-world

Quotes 2261 till 2280 of 3762.

  • Ben Bernanke The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Alice Walker The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Bob Menendez The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world.
    Bob Menendez
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Seneca The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Abdallah II The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
    Abdallah II
    Jordan King (1962 - )
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  • Andrea Dworkin The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever she is, at least she is not the other.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Aldous Huxley The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Carson Grant The Arts, especially film, transcend all cultural barriers, hopefully offering an avenue where all people can find a common place to meet, understand each other, and nurture a safe world for all our children to grow strong within.
    Source: Kaminsky, Denise, Aug 2006, Carson Grant: Actor/Artist- A Lifetime of Art, Denises Interviews and Media News, p.1
    Carson Grant
     
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  • Bob Corker The attack on Americans in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 is a stark reminder that our nation must remain vigilant in protecting our citizens from the threat of Al-Qaeda and similar extremist terrorist entities around the world.
    Bob Corker
    American businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Billy Wilder The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.
    Billy Wilder
    Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist (1906 - 2002)
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  • Andrew Carnegie The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Ben Horowitz The bad thing about young people starting a company is that sometimes they do it for the wrong reasons or because they have the wrong skill set, but the good thing is that they don't have any of the old paradigms baked into them, so they have a lot of the bright new ideas that are harder to come by as you get older.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Bryan Magee The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.
    Bryan Magee
    British philosopher, broadcaster, politician (1930 - 2019)
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  • John F. Kennedy The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible of a final military solution.
    Source: Westpoint, 06-06-1962
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Stephen King The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.
    Stephen King
    American author of horror and supernatural fiction (1947 - )
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  • Bill Gates The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • George Eliot The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Jonathan Swift The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Wendell Phillips The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
    Wendell Phillips
    American Reformer, Orator (1811 - 1884)
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  • Algernon Sydney The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.
    Algernon Sydney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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