Quotes 10081 till 10100 of 10501.
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You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
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You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
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You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.
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You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them, sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success.
Source: Een wankel evenwicht (2010) 232 -
You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It's not always that way in the West.
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
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You should always believe all you read in newspapers, as this makes them more interesting.
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You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
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You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.
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You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.
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You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule.
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You should never be so high and mighty you can't listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.
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You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
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You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
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You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
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You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
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