Quotes with one-man

Quotes 7601 till 7620 of 10005.

  • Abdelkader El Djezairi The other world is as to this like the east to the west. We cannot approach the one without turning away from the other.
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  • James Baldwin The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • John Berger The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
    John Berger
    English art critic, novelist, painter and poet (1926 - 2017)
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  • Emily Dickinson The past is not a package one can lay away.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Oscar Wilde The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Burgundian abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Carl Sandburg The people know the salt of the sea
    and the strength of the winds
    lashing the corners of the earth.
    The people take the earth
    as a tomb of rest and a cradle of hope.
    Who else speaks for the Family of Man?
    Source: The People, Yes (1936)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Benjamin Graham The people of the United States will not tolerate another deep depression that arises not from any lack of natural resources, productive capacity or man and brain power, but solely from imperfections in the functioning of the system of finance capitalism.
    Source: Storage and Stability Part V, Ch. XIX, The Reservoir Plan and Tradition,
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Brooks Atkinson The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
    Source: Once Around the Sun (1951)
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Confucius The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The person I miss most is the one I could have been.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Leigh Hunt The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
    Leigh Hunt
    British poet, essaywriter (1784 - 1859)
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  • Dale Carnegie The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Og Mandino The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
    Og Mandino
    American author (1923 - 1996)
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  • Cecil B. DeMille The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
    Cecil B. DeMille
    American filmmaker (1881 - 1959)
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  • Publilius Syrus The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • B. C. Forbes The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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