Quotes 221 till 240 of 469.
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Light gatherer. You fell from a star
into my lap, the soft lamp at the bedside
mirrored in you,
and now you shine like a snowgirl,
a buttercup under a chin, the wide blue yonder
you squeal at and fly in.The Light Gatherer, from Feminine Gospels (2002) -
Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963, the World War II veteran had been fired as a truck driver for a bakery, after one of his supervisors accused him of harassment.
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Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control.
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Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.
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Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
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Men and women motivated by faith have every right and obligation to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate. However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion that our founders warned against and our constitution prohibits.
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Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished.
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Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
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Money is nothing really worth squabbling about. This is what puts people six feet under. You know, I don't need it.
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Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.
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Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.
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Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.
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Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained.
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Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management.
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Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
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My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, 'Where's the fun? Where's the glamour?'
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My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation.
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