Quotes 21 till 38 of 38.
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Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me
From mine own library with volumes that
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Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.
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No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.
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Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed.
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People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.
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Psychoanalysis cannot be considered a method of education if by education we mean the topiary art of clipping a tree into a beautiful artificial shape. But those who have a higher conception of education will prize most the method of cultivating a tree so that it fulfils to perfection its own natural conditions of growth.
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Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.
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That what we have, we prize not to the worth
whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost,
why, than we rack the value.Much ado about nothing (1598) -
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
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The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.
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We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.
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What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
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What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, I the soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, I is virtue's prize.
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When women kiss it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands.
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When women kiss, it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
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