Quotes 7401 till 7420 of 8624.
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We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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We ask God to forgive us for our evil thoughts and evil temper, but rarely, if ever ask Him to forgive us for our sadness.
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.
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We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.
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We call it a Society; and go about professing openly the totalest separation, isolation. Our life is not a mutual helpfulness; but rather, cloaked under due laws-of-war, named ''fair competition'' and so forth, it is a mutual hostility.
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We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
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We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
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We can be the generation that no longer accepts that an accident of latitude determines whether a child lives or dies. But will we be that generation?
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We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.
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We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.
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We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.
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We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.
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We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology.
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