Quotes with takes

Quotes 341 till 360 of 377.

  • Carl Honore We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of our lives - on our health, our diet, our work, our relationships, the environment and our community.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Sean O'Casey Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
    Sean O'Casey
    Irish Dramatist (1880 - 1964)
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  • Meister Eckhart What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • Bill Griffith What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes a whole team of people, and Zippy is my work. I felt that turning it over to a team of people would be wrong.
    Bill Griffith
    American cartoonist (1944 - )
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  • W. M. Thackeray What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Carlos Ghosn When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Robert Bolt When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then- he needn't hope to find himself again.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Samuel Johnson When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Henry Ford When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Brad Feld When I think about the books I've written, it probably takes 150,000-200,000 words to get a 50,000 page book. Highlighting something and hitting Cmd-X is second nature.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Ben Okri When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Bill Hybels When the spirit of adoration takes over and we begin pondering God's attributes, we soon say from the heart, 'I am praying to a tremendous God!' Which only motivates us to keep on praying.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Louise Erdrich When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.
    Louise Erdrich
    American author (1954 - )
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  • Jiddu Krishnamurti When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Indian theosophist (1895 - 1986)
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  • Maxwell Maltz When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative ''success mechanism'' within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or ''willpower.''
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Billy Gardell Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
    Billy Gardell
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1969 - )
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  • Allen Klein Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Samuel Johnson Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Diogenes of Sinope Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
    Diogenes of Sinope
    Greek philosopher (412 - 323)
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