Quotes 441 till 460 of 652.
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The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nation, and from the mass of the nation only - not from its privileged classes.
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The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
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The more things you forbid, the more popular they become.
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The more you try to explain it out , the less I understand.
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The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
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The most foolish kind of a book is a kind of leaky boat on the sea of wisdom; some of the wisdom will get in anyhow.
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The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
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The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.
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The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.
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The people know the salt of the sea
and the strength of the winds
lashing the corners of the earth.
The people take the earth
as a tomb of rest and a cradle of hope.
Who else speaks for the Family of Man?Source: The People, Yes (1936) -
The prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years to 2020, the same year it's predicted the Arctic Sea will be ice-free in the summer.
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The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.
Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 182 -
The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line - the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea. It was a phase of this problem that caused the Civil War.
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The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
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The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
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The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Source: Telegram naar Associated Press (1897)
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