Quotes with profound

  • No man was ever yet a great poet, without begin at the same time a profound philosopher.
  • Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.

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  • B. R. Ambedkar For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • Barbara Kruger There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
    Barbara Kruger
    American artist (1945 - )
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  • Barbara Smith A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.
    Barbara Smith
    American lesbian feminist and socialist (1946 - )
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  • Charles Dickens A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Ben Bernanke As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Raoul Vaneigem As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life.
    Raoul Vaneigem
    Belgian philosopher (1934 - )
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  • Billy Campbell Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea - the profound solitude - that does it for me.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Simone de Beauvoir Buying is a profound pleasure.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Vauvenargues Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
    Vauvenargues
    French philosopher (1715 - 1747)
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  • Bob Woodward Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • George Santayana Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean.
    The life of reason (1906)
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Bob Ainsworth Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • Carlos Ghosn Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Gene Fowler He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
    Gene Fowler
    American journalist, author and dramatist (1890 - 1960)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Carl Hiaasen Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Joseph Joubert How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Shirley Maclaine I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.
    Shirley Maclaine
    American actress, singer and author (1934 - )
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  • Anais Nin I seek the real stuff of life. Profound drama.
    The Diary Of Anais Nin vol. 2
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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