Quotes with things-blocking

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  • Tad Williams He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.
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  • Menander of Athens He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
    Menander of Athens
    Greek dramati poet (342 - 291)
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  • Edward F. Halifax He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.
    Edward F. Halifax
    British Conservative Statesman (1881 - 1959)
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  • W. M. Thackeray He who meanly admires mean things is a snob.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • I Ching He who possesses the source of enthusiasm will achieve great things. Doubt not. You will gather friends around you as a hair clasp gathers the hair.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Theodor Reik He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He limited his goals in analytic treatment to brining the patient to the point where he could work for a living and learn to love.
    Theodor Reik
    Austrian-American psychoanalyst (1888 - 1969)
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  • Barry Ritholtz Hedge fund managers charge so much more than mutual fund managers; alpha is even harder to come by. They end up selling a variety of things beyond mere outperformance.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Ben Carson Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Clarence Darrow History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Clarence Darrow History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Carol Leifer Honestly, so much of my book is about the best things in my life have happened since I'm 40.
    Carol Leifer
    American comedian, writer, producer and actress (1956 - )
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  • Brendan Fraser Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.
    Brendan Fraser
    American and Canadian actor (1969 - )
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  • William James How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled for him in the days when he was young and well?
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Socrates How many are the things I can do without!
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne How many things served us but yesterday as articles of faith, which today we deem but fables?
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Terence How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Parks Cousins How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
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  • Blaise Pascal How useless is painting, which attracts admiration by the resemblance of things, the originals of which we do not admire!
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Baruch Spinoza How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Benjamin E. Mays However hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.
    Benjamin E. Mays
    American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1894 - 1984)
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