Quotes with out-of-the-way

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  • Ezra Pound We do NOT know the past in chronological sequence. It may be convenient to lay it out anesthetized on the table with dates pasted on here and there, but what we know we know by ripples and spirals eddying out from us and from our own time.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • Sir John Lubbock We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
    Sir John Lubbock
    British statesman and banker (1834 - 1913)
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  • Booker T. Washington We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Adam Smith What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Calista Flockhart What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Al McGuire When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
    Al McGuire
    American basketball coach and broadcaster (1928 - 2001)
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  • George Washington Carver When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor (1864 - 1943)
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  • Bill Watterson Who was the first guy that look at a cow and said, I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them?
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • Francis Bacon Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul. Men must not turn into bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Leo Durocher Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.
    Leo Durocher
    American professional baseball player, manager and coach (1905 - 1991)
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  • Brit Morin Yeah, the majority of Brit+Co users are women, but DIY? You see kids DIY, adult men geeking out hardcore with anything related to woodworking and all these cool new technologies, metalwork, leatherworking, concrete making. Everyone has a passion. I truly believe it's in our DNA literally to build things.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Michael Wilding You can pick out actors by the glazed look that comes into their eyes when the conversation wanders away from themselves.
    Michael Wilding
    British actor (1912 - 1979)
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  • Horace You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Yann Martel You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.
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    Yann Martel
    Canadian author (1963 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt
    My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Daniel Francois Esprit Auber Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
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  • Henry Ward Beecher ''I can forgive, but I cannot forget,'' is only another way of saying, ''I cannot forgive.''
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Barbara Sher ''Now'' is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
    Barbara Sher
    American speaker, lifestyle coach, and author (1935 - 2020)
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  • Carolyn See 'A Long Way Gone' says something about human nature that we try, most of the time, to ignore.
    Carolyn See
    American writer (1934 - 2016)
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