Quotes with stratford-upon-avon

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  • Simone de Beauvoir Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • W. Clement Stone Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • A. W. Tozer Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our ''accepting'' and ''willing'' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • William Cowper Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Thomas Hobbes Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • Joseph Wood Krutch Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
    Joseph Wood Krutch
    American writer, critic, and naturalist (1893 - 1970)
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  • Stokely Carmichael Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.
    Stokely Carmichael
    American activist (1941 - 1998)
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  • Garrison Keillor Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.
    Garrison Keillor
    American humoristic writer (1942 - )
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  • Lord George Byron Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bill Frist September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Ben Vereen So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Haniel Long So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.
    Haniel Long
    American writer, poet, journalist (1888 - 1956)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Society is founded upon cloth.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • William Shakespeare Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Frank Dane Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • Joseph Heller Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
    Joseph Heller
    American author (1923 - 1999)
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  • Augustus William Hare Some men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their father's friend. They do not deny him; by no means: they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon them.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Gordon R. Dickson Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.
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