Quotes with single-minded

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  • John Ruskin They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Louise Erdrich They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
    Louise Erdrich
    American author (1954 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Hermann Broch Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.
    Hermann Broch
    Austrian writer (1886 - 1951)
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  • Buddha Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont Throughout my life, I have seen narrow-shouldered men, without a single exception, committing innumerable stupid acts, brutalizing their fellows and perverting souls by all means. They call the motive for their actions fame.
    Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
    French author, poet (1846 - 1870)
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  • Abdul Kalam To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Aristotle To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in two bodies.''
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Lewis Mumford Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.
    Lewis Mumford
    American social philosopher (1895 - 1990)
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  • Beilby Porteus Twas not enough By subtle fraud to snatch a single life; Puny impiety! whole kingdoms fell To sate the lust of power: more horrid still, The foulest stain and scandal of our nature, Became its boast. One murder made a villain; Millions a hero.
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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  • Fredrich Halm Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.
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  • Marcia Wieder Use your precious moments to live life fully every single second of every single day.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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  • B. Kevin Turner We actually believe Windows 8 is the new era for the PC plus. We believe with a single push of a button you can move seamlessly in and out of both worlds. We believe you can have touch, a pen, a mouse, and a keyboard.
    B. Kevin Turner
    American businessman (1965 - )
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  • Bruce Johnston We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Arthur Laffer We are having the single worst recovery the U.S. has had since the Great Depression. I don't care how you measure it. The East Coast knows it. The West Coast knows it. North, South, old, young, everyone knows it's the worst recovery since the Great Depression.
    Arthur Laffer
    American economist and author (1940 - )
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  • Giordano Bruno We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all.
    Giordano Bruno
    Italian philosopher and priest (1548 - 1600)
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  • Bartlett Sher We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.
    Bartlett Sher
    American theatre director (1959 - )
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  • Ann Veneman We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we're doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of caution under the circumstances. And I believe it's the right thing to do.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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