Quotes with sticking-place

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  • John H. Johnson Men and women are limited not by the place of their birth, not by the color of their skin, but by the size of their hope.
    John H. Johnson
    American businessman and publisher (1918 - 2005)
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  • Alexander Herzen Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, just as our body will pass into the composition of grass, of sheep, of cutlets, and of men.
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a column, and lift the track into place. Because the systems operate above traffic, collisions with errant motorists are never an issue. The trains are automated, saving millions in labor costs in the long run.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Carice van Houten Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a little cat, walking around my little nest until I find my place.
    Carice van Houten
    Dutch actress, singer and radio presenter (1976 - )
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  • Bob Inglis Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.
    Bob Inglis
    American politician (1959 - )
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  • Carol Roth Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.
    Carol Roth
    American television personality and author (1973 - )
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  • Brendan Fraser Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.
    Brendan Fraser
    American and Canadian actor (1969 - )
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  • Blake Mycoskie Most people yearn to contribute, make the world a better place and have success.... all at the same time... Make sure to give your business a background, a mission and a story. That might be the most important step part of any venture. And remember, giving may be the best investment you ever make.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Angela Carter Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Much pessimism is caused by ascribing to others the feelings you would feel if you were in their place.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Pat Barker Murder is only killing in the wrong place.
    Source: Weg der geesten (1996) 30
    Pat Barker
    British writer (1943 - )
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  • W. H. Auden Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Bernard Tschumi My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.
    Bernard Tschumi
    French-Swiss architect, writer, and educator (1944 - )
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  • Bill Vaughan My father asserted that there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment.... There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Beth Henley My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • Junot Diaz My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.
    Source:  (2008)
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold My home is not a place, it is people.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Ben Harper My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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