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Jonathan Swift

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Vision  is  the  art of seeing  things
that  are  not  yet  visible.

 

Leo Buscaglia

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Your talent  is  God's gift  to you.
What you  do with it  is  your gift
back to God

 

Victor Hugo

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There  is  nothing like  a  dream  to
create  the  future.  Utopia  today,
flesh and  blood  tomorrow.

 

Edgar Allen Poe

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Those  who  dream  by day  are
cognizant of many things  that
escape  those  who  dream  only
by night

 

Anatole France

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To achieve  great things,  we must
dream  as well  as act.

 

Winston Churchill

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Success  is  to go from one  failure
to another with no loss  of
enthusiasm.

 

Robert Browning

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A  minute of success  pays for
years of failure.

 

Norman Vincent Peale

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Formiulnt  and  stqmn  vt
indelibly  on your mind a  mental
picture of yourself  as succeeding.
Hold this  picture tenaciously  and
never  permit  it  to fade.  Your mind
will  seek to develop this  picture!

 

Mickey Rooney

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You  always pass  failure  on the
way  to success.

 

Michael Flatley

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Whenever I  hear  it  can't be done,
I  know  I  am  close to success.

Practical quotes

Margaret Thatcher, quoted in The Daily Telegraph (London), 1986

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I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding

because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have

not a single political argument left. -Margaret Thatcher, quoted in

The Daily Telegraph (London), 1986


Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907

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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. -Henry Adams, The

Education of Henry Adams, 1907


Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to a Liberal, who wants to replace them with new ones. -Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1906

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Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to

a Liberal, who wants to replace them with new ones. -Ambrose Bierce,

The Devil's Dictionary, 1906


Hillary Rodham Clinton (with Claire G. Osborne), The Unique Voice of Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1997

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We shouldn't leave the work of politics to

people who run for public office.

-Hillary Rodham Clinton (with Claire G. Osborne), The Unique

Voice of Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1997


Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907

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Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the sys-tematic organization of hatred. -Henry Adams, The Education of Henry

Life Quotes ( old minds)

Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade, 1988

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Is a shift from a system leading to chronic wars, social injustice, and

ecological imbalance to one of peace, social justice, and ecological bal-ance a realistic possibility? -Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade,

1988


William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, 1929

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Because no battle is ever won, he said. They are not even fought. The

field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an

illusion of philosophers and fools. -William Faulkner, The Sound and

the Fury, 1929


Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven, 1971

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He had grown up in a country run by

politicians who sent the pilots to man the

bombers to kill the babies to make the world

safe for children to grow up in.

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven, 1971


Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, 1969

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We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those

freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. My God, my God-I said to myself,

"It's the Children's Crusade."-Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five,

1969


Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, 1726

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A soldier is a yahoo hired to kill in cold blood as many of his own

species, who have never offended him, as possibly he can. -Jonathan

Swift, Gulliver's Travels, 1726

Great Mind Quotes

Groucho Marx, www.Grouch-Marx.com, 2007

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How do you feel about women’s rights? I like either side of them.
—Groucho Marx, www.Grouch-Marx.com, 2007

 

Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Count them unclean …,”Huntsman, What Quarry?, 1939

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You think we build a world; I think we leave / Only these tools, where-with to strain and grieve. —Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Count them
unclean …,”Huntsman, What Quarry?, 1939

 

Thomas Jefferson, letter to Roger C. Weightman, 24 June 1826.

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The … mass of mankind has not been born
with saddles on their backs, nor a favored
few booted and spurred, ready to ride them
legitimately, by the grace of God.
—Thomas Jefferson, letter to Roger C. Weightman, 24 June 1826.

 

Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, 1943

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Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. —Ayn Rand,
The Fountainhead, 1943

 

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore, Sainte-Beuve

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… another existence swallowed up in the fearful rush of what is called
civilization, but is very like chaos. —Marceline Desbordes-Valmore,
Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore, Sainte-Beuve

 

Woody Allen, “My Speech to the Graduates,”Side Effects, 1981

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More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One
path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinc-tion. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. —Woody
Allen, “My Speech to the Graduates,”Side Effects, 1981

 

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness,1969

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Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civili-zation has an opposite, it is war. Of these two things, you have either
one, or the other. Not both. —Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of
Darkness,1969

 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, History of Woman Suffrage, Anthony

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It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, History of Woman Suffrage, Anthony

 

George W. Bush, First Inaugural Address (Washington, D.C.), 2001

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Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of
trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. —George W. Bush, First
Inaugural Address (Washington, D.C.), 2001

 

Germaine de Staël,The Influence of Literature upon Society, 1800

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Every time a new nation…advances toward civilization, the human race
perfects itself; every time an inferior class emerges from enslavement
and degradation, the human race again perfects itself. —Germaine de
Staël,The Influence of Literature upon Society, 1800

 

Faith Quotes

Quotes of faithfaith quotes christian
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Anyhow, I say, the God I been praying and writing to is a man. And
act just like all the other mens I know. Trifling, forgetful [sic], and low-
down. -Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982

 christian quotes on faith
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Sure there's different roads from this to
Dungarvan-some thinks one road pleasanter,
and some think another; wouldn't it be mighty
foolish to quarrel for this?-and sure isn't it
twice worse to try to interfere with people for
choosing the road they like best to heaven?
-Marguerite Blessington, The Repealers, 1833

 quotes on christian faith
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The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits sui-
cide. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, journal entry, 1831

 christian quotes faith
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He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the
next block. -William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, 1600

 bible quotes of faith
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I have come to think that up and down the double helix of our DNA
the molecules of faith and reason chatter away .... It is in our interest,
as well as the interest of the world, that they remain on good speaking
terms. -Bill Moyers, quoted in the Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee,
Florida), 2006

 faith and belief quotes
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Now I ask you what is the impulse that comes from the possession of
even the kindest heart compared to real faith in God and a hereafter.
Without it one just plods on. -Alice B. Toklas, Staying On Alone,
Edward Burns, ed., 1973

 quotes on faith and belief
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It was the schoolboy who said, "Faith is believing what you know ain't
so. "-Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897

 religious quotes on faith
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Not everybody feels religion the same way. Some it's in their mouth,
but some it's like a hope in their blood, their bones. -Tillie Olsen,
"O Yes," Tell Me a Riddle, 1960

 religious faith quotes
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've
got to help pay for the piping. And the piper! -Abigail Van Buren,
"Dear Abby," newspaper column, 197

 religious quotes about faith
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Religions are different roads converging on the same point. -Mohandas
Gandhi, Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, 1938

 

Work Quotes

Mark Twain,A Tramp Abroad, 1880

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The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However,
few escape that distinction. —Mark Twain,A Tramp Abroad, 1880

 

George Burns, attributed

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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had
pimples. —George Burns, attributed

 

Margaret Mead, attributed

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Sooner or later I’m going to die, but I’m not going to retire. —Margaret
Mead, attributed

 

George Burns, interview with Arthur Marx, Cigar Aficionado (New York), 1994

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The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The
saddest are the ones who are retired. —George Burns, interview with
Arthur Marx, Cigar Aficionado (New York), 1994

 

Ernest Hemingway, attributed

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Retirement is the most loathsome word in the English language.
—Ernest Hemingway, attributed

 

Maggie Kuhn, quoted by Carol Offen, “Profile of a Gray Panther,” Retirement Living,December 1972

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Mandatory retirement ought to be illegal.
—Maggie Kuhn, quoted by Carol Offen, “Profile of a Gray
Panther,” Retirement Living,December 1972

 

Bette Davis, quoted by Dotson Rader, Parade (New York), 1983

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If you don’t work, what the hell do you do? Sit around and rot! The
retirement age of 65 has killed millions.Luckily, I’m in an industry with
no retirement. They only retire you if you don’t make money for them.
—Bette Davis, quoted by Dotson Rader, Parade (New York), 1983

 

Henry David Thoreau, “Life Without Principle,” The Atlantic Monthly (Boston), 1863

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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it
for love of it. —Henry David Thoreau, “Life Without Principle,” The
Atlantic Monthly (Boston), 1863

 

William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 1596

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You take my life / When you do take the means whereby I live.
—William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 1596

 

Ogden Nash, “More About People,” Many Long Years Ago, 1945

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If you don’t want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so
that you won’t have to work. —Ogden Nash, “More About People,”
Many Long Years Ago, 1945

 

True Friend Quotes

 

Friendship QuotesFran Lebowitz, quoted inTravel + Leisure (New York), 1994
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It's very important when making a friend to check and see if they have
a private plane. People think a good personality trait in a friend is kind-ness or a sense of humor. No, in a friend a good personality trait is a
Gulfstream. -Fran Lebowitz, quoted inTravel + Leisure (New York),
1994
Selma Diamond, Funny Women, Unterbrink
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I have no patience with anyone born after World War II. You have to
explain everythingto these people. -Selma Diamond, Funny Women,
Unterbrink
Oprah Winfrey, attributed
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Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo,
but what you need is someone who will take
the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
-Oprah Winfrey, attributed
Maria von Ebner Eschenbach, Aphorisms, 1905
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Those whom we support hold us up in life. -Maria von Ebner
Eschenbach, Aphorisms, 1905
Jane Austen, Lesley Castle, 1792
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She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is
too polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent
and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as firm and sincere as
when it first commenced. -Jane Austen, Lesley Castle, 1792
W. C. Fields, quoted by Carlotta Monti (with Cy Rice), W. C. Fields & Me, 1971
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I've been barbecued, stewed, screwed, tattooed, and fried by people
claiming to be my friends. The human race has gone backward, not
forward, since the days we were apes swinging through the trees.
-W. C. Fields, quoted by Carlotta Monti (with Cy Rice), W. C. Fields
& Me, 1971
Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, c. 325 b.c.e.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. -Aristotle,
Eudemian Ethics, c. 325 b.c.e.
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907
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A friend in power is a friend lost. -Henry Adams, The Education of
Henry Adams, 1907
Jane Austen, Emma, ​​1815
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Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
-Jane Austen, Emma, ​​1815
Mark Twain, Pudd'n'head Wilson, 1894
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The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and
enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked
to lend money. -Mark Twain, Pudd'n'head Wilson, 1894