Quotes with strong

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  • Brad Meltzer On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?
    Brad Meltzer
    American political thriller novelist and non-fiction writer (1970 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Bryan Fuller One of the things that's important for anybody adapting source material that is primarily a male buddy picture is to find ways to latch on to strong female characters in the piece and bring them to the forefront and celebrate their point of view alongside the men; otherwise, it becomes a sausage party, and it's a singular point of view.
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • Assata Shakur Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.
    Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Bernard Ebbers Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international - three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services.
    Bernard Ebbers
    Canadian businessman (1941 - 2020)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Out of my general world-pattern-trend studies there now comes strong evidence that nothing is going to be quite so surprising and abrupt in the future history of man as the forward evolution in the educational process.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • John Sterling Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
    John Sterling
    Scottish author (1938 - )
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  • Abbe Pierre People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
    Abbe Pierre
    French Catholic priest (born Henri Grous) (1912 - 2007)
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  • Andy Warhol People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television - you don't feel anything.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Brigitte Nielsen People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.
    Brigitte Nielsen
    Danish actress, model and singer (1963 - )
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  • James Baldwin People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.
    Doom and glory of knowing who you are
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Bernard Williams People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the position.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Sir Edwin Arnold Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong.
    Sir Edwin Arnold
    English poet and journalist (1832 - 1904)
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  • Roland Barthes Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure.
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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  • Samuel Huntington Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.
    American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
    Samuel Huntington
    American political scientist (1927 - 2008)
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  • Benigno Aquino III President Obama and I recognize the importance of strong economic engagement for the continued growth of both the Philippines and the United States.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Arthur Keith Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • John Dryden Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • K. O'Hara Remember, when the judgment's weak, the prejudice is strong.
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