Quotes with wide-awake

  • A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wideawake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it will live to regret his steps.

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  • Henry David Thoreau Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • William Shakespeare Be patient,
    For the world is broad and wide.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Thomas E. Lawrence All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men; they act out their dreams to make them reality.
    Thomas E. Lawrence
    British archaeologist, military officer, diplomat, and writer (1888 - 1935)
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  • William James Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses power of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Victor Hugo Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Caroline Winberg A lot of American guys wear really wide legged jeans and square shoes. Then they come to Sweden and think my friends are gay because they're wearing 'really tight jeans'. It's called 'fitted!'
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  • George Gurdjieff A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Barbara Corcoran A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Samuel Goldwyn A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Plutarch All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Alone, alone, all all alone. Alone on a wide, wide sea!
    Rhyme of the ancient mariner (1798)
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Bayard Taylor And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Bob McDonnell Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide open because there's not an heir apparent - but people are also gauging how strong is that incumbent president and what are my chances.
    Bob McDonnell
    American politician and lawyer (1954 - )
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  • William Blake Awake! awake O sleeper of the land of shadows, wake! expand!
    Jerusalem Chap: I
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • William Shakespeare Be patient, For the world is broad and wide.
    Romeo and Juliet 3, 3
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Helen Rowland Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll go to sleep before you finish saying it.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Cass Sunstein Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bob Dylan Come writers and critics
    Who prophesize with your pen
    And keep your eyes wide
    The chance won't come again
    And don't speak too soon
    For the wheel's still in spin
    And there's no tellin' who that it's naming.'
    For the loser now will be later to win
    The Times They Are A-Changin (1964)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Alfred de Vigny Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?
    Alfred de Vigny
    French poet and writer (1797 - 1863)
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