Quotes with over-polite

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  • George Macdonald When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
    George Macdonald
    Scottish writer (1824 - 1905)
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  • Thomas Carlyle When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Brad Feld When we raised the first Foundry Group fund in 2007, we took over 100 first meetings. We told our story several hundred times. As part of it was a slide called 'Strategy.' I still repeat the elements of that slide regularly, a decade later, as our core strategy has not changed.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Ben Schnetzer When we were shooting 'The Book Thief,' I was keeping all these journals. And I remember talking to my mom, really trying to verbalize all the experiences I was having. And I remember my mom saying, 'Ben, reflection is a retroactive process.' When you're going through it, that's the time to just let it wash over you.
    Ben Schnetzer
    American actor (1990 - )
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  • Cyril Connolly When writers meet they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B s. Will B show A? If not, then A hates B, if yes, then all is well. The only other way for writers to meet is to share a quick pee over a common lamp-post.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Bill Walton When you are in unrelenting, excruciating and debilitating pain that never goes away for years on end, your life is over.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Eileen Caddy When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity o start all over again, to turn over a new page.
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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  • Amy Clampitt When you get over the anxiety, you discover you should have been mad a long time ago.
    Amy Clampitt
    American poet and author
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  • Audrey Hepburn When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.
    Audrey Hepburn
    British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian (1929 - 1993)
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  • Winston Churchill When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bill Flores When you look at all of the conservative groups in town and across the country, we all agree on the same things. Where we sometimes get into a disagreement is over the tactics to get to the endpoint.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Beyonce Knowles When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Maxwell Maltz When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative ''success mechanism'' within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or ''willpower.''
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Bruce Feirstein Whenever you do anything with Bond, you've got Cubby Broccoli and Sean Connery looking over your shoulder.
    Bruce Feirstein
    American screenwriter and humorist (1956 - )
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  • KäThe Kollwitz Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over the lives of their beloved ones get the heroism to send them to face the cannon?
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  • Bunker Roy Wherever I've been, and I've been to over 20, maybe 25, countries in Africa, I've noticed how their backbone is broken. They don't have any confidence in themselves. They always think a white man will solve their problems from outside for them.
    Bunker Roy
    Indian social activist and educator (1945 - )
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  • Bill Mauldin While a guy at home is sweating over his income tax and Victory garden, a dogface somewhere is getting great joy out of wiggling his little finger. He does it just to see it move and to prove to himself that he is still alive and able to move it.
    Up Front
    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Emile Durkheim While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them.
    Emile Durkheim
    French sociologist (1858 - 1917)
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  • Barton Seaver While there are many varieties of grills, each with their own virtues to be sure, I prefer the standard Weber kettle grill. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need any fancy gadgets in order to take advantage of cooking over a live fire. Just a good set of tongs and you're set.
    Barton Seaver
    American author and chef (1979 - )
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