Quotes with takes

Quotes 361 till 377 of 377.

  • Steven Weinberg With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
    Steven Weinberg
    American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics (1933 - 2021)
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  • James Baldwin Words like ''freedom,'' ''justice,'' ''democracy'' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Germaine Greer Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far she might have got? If she never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run?
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Walt Disney You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Cass Elliot You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.
    Cass Elliot
    American singer and actress (1941 - 1974)
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  • Brendan Behan A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles... it takes your mind off the cost of living.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Aristotle A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Every minute with a child takes seven minutes off your life.
    Animal Dreams
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Charlie Chaplin Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
    Charlie Chaplin
    British actor, movie maker (1889 - 1977)
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  • John F. Kennedy I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Pablo Picasso It takes a long time to become young.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • George Santayana It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Elbert Hubbard One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Ben Shapiro President Obama's biggest advocates believe that Americans are ready to embrace his vision for the United States: a less muscular America on the world stage, an America with a more controlling executive branch and less conflict in the legislative branch, an America in which the government takes care of us, be we Pajama Boys or Julias.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Helen Keller Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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