Quotes 1561 till 1580 of 2127.
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There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981) -
There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.
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There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth.
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There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
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There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.
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There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
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There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.
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There is a maxim, 'Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.' It is a maxim for sluggards. A better reading of it is, 'Never do today what you can as well do tomorrow,' because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
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There is a vast difference in some instances between what we really need and that which we think we must have, and the realization of this truth will greatly lessen the seeming discomfort in doing without.
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There is a weariness... from constant attention to the things you are doing, the struggle of good against evil.
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There is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.
New York Evening Mail (16 November 1917) -
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
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There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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There is definitely a comeback of the idea of dressing well every day. Nowadays, suits can be worn for many occasions - to work or to school, to a dinner party or red carpet event.
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There is hope for all of us. Well, anyway, if you don't die you live through it, day in, day out.
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There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.
Critical Path (1981)Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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