![We should not go to the [poor countries] and say: 'We come to ... teach you our science, to show you your errors.' ... We should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn [from] these people.](/assets/img/quote-photos/we-should-not-go-to-the-poor-countries-and-say-we-come-to-teach-you-our-s.jpg)
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America is such a great country, we have fat poor people. Carlos Mencia
country white apologizing
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humble science imagination
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humble desire increase
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.
humble men grace
The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem. Charles Spurgeon
humble be-humble teachable
To be humble is to be teachable. Richard G. Scott
humble practice atheism
Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn’t know. It bases its conclusions and beliefs on hard evidence -- evidence that is constantly updated and upgraded. It doesn’t get offended when new facts come along. It embraces the body of knowledge. It doesn’t hold on to medieval practices because they are tradition. Ricky Gervais
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Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same. Djuna Barnes
humble wind cows
I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet under a cow pat.
humble cherish moments
It was a frying-pan-to-the-face moment for me where I had to get humble and really cherish it. I was really sad when [Numbers] was over. I'll just say that. Really sad. David Krumholtz
humble men honor
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The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French. Charles de Gaulle
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errors events chance
You say, 'On the off chance that I had somewhat more, I ought to be exceptionally fulfilled.' You commit an error. On the off chance that you are not content with what you have, you would not be fulfilled in the event that it were multiplied.
errors needs done
If a crooked stick is before you, you need not explain how crooked it is. Lay a straight one down by the side of it, and the work is well done. Preach the truth, and error will stand abashed in its presence.
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We're just struggling with our hitting. You can give up a few runs if you can hit the ball, but we just can't score enough. And the errors in the second game hurt us too.
errors advice honor
Honor thy error as a hidden intention. Brian Eno
errors mental-illness illness
I am, emphatically. Mental illness triggered by xperimental error. David Mitchell