Quotes with over-preoccupation

Quotes 841 till 860 of 1100.

  • Barbara Mikulski The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made scarce.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Søren Kierkegaard The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Noam Chomsky The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Giambattista Vico The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico
    Italian philosopher, historian (1668 - 1744)
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  • Samuel Smiles The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • A.J. Cronin The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
    A.J. Cronin
    Scottish novelist and physician (1896 - 1981)
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  • Blair Underwood The voice over is a hat you put on right now as opposed to worrying about going through wardrobe, and having to look a certain way. You just got to let your voice do the talking for you.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Boyd Rice The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.
    Boyd Rice
    American musician (1956 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Charles Kingsley The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.
    Charles Kingsley
    British writer (1819 - 1875)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The world is his who has money to go over it.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Thomas Jefferson The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Ban Kimoon The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.
    Ban Kimoon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Oscar Wilde The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Herodotus The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
    Herodotus
    Greek historian (484 - 425)
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  • Cate Blanchett Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Barbara Castle Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill.
    Barbara Castle
    British Labour Party politician (1910 - 2002)
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  • Beck There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping over them. It gave publishers license to get a little greedy.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Bill Maris There are a number of start-ups in Europe that are able to reach beyond their own country. Take Spotify - Spotify just in Sweden isn't that interesting compared to Spotify all over the world.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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