Quotes 1901 till 1920 of 2725.
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The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.
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The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.
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The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
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The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.
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The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.
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The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.
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The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.
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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
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The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.
The quotable Billy Graham (1966) -
The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his heaven he makes an ideal of his hell.
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The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.
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The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
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The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr.
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The Income Tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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