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ambition mind firsts
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness. Charles Caleb Colton
ambition errors suffering
The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale.
ambition son men
All who have been great and good without Christianity would have been much greater and better with it. If there be, amongst the sons of men, a single exception to this maxim, the divine Socrates may be allowed to put in the strongest claim. It was his high ambition to deserve, by deeds, not by creeds, an unrevealed heaven, and by works, not by faith, to enter an unpromised land.
ambition perception prudent
It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. Alan Hansen
ambition want plus
We have our ambition for the future and God. And thus we put God as a plus sign after something else we want. Aiden Wilson Tozer
ambition goal quality
There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because you want to go so fast. You might actually be getting close to your goal. Chogyam Trungpa
ambition thinking giving
People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think of them. Diane Setterfield
ambition journey discovery
I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery. David Morrissey
ambition simple thinking
I have very simple ambitions. If I can just not be boring, I'm ahead of the game. It's hard in television. I think you get enormous reward from the audience. Just give them something they didn't see coming, and you get enormous points. David Nevins
among certainty poles
We know with all the certainty that Poles were among the oppressors and assassins. Aleksander Kaasniewski
among french
There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public. Michel Patini
among societies
Societies should be judged by how they treat the weakest among them. Maajid Nawaz
among efforts parents people possible rates remain though
The possible slowdown of illicit drug use among young people is encouraging, even though rates of use remain unacceptably high. All of us, especially parents and teachers, need to redouble our efforts Donna Shalala
among aware changed difficult game golf good grown hard high number people perception players respect school
The perception of high school golf a number of years back was not the highest, that it wasn't that hard a sport. That has all changed as the game has grown - especially among young people. There is a lot more respect for the players and the sport. People now are aware of how difficult it is to be good at golf.
among computing game held high jobs parents perception school students widely
The perception among high school students and their parents is that the game is over, that all computing jobs are going overseas. It's an extraordinarily widely held misperception.
among apt businesses carry climate economic economy employees executives focus global growth hiring hopeful improving indicator might optimism perception postponed programs spending stronger top
The perception among C-suite executives that the global economy is getting stronger should be a hopeful indicator for global business. As optimism for the global economic climate improves, top executives are more apt to focus on improving their own businesses by spending for programs that might have been curtailed or postponed and by hiring new employees to carry out their growth plans. Mark Foster
among customers direct microsoft nobody perception products relationship security
The perception among a lot of customers is that nobody understands Microsoft products like Microsoft. Many of them want the security of that direct relationship with Microsoft.
among human impossible point
The point of 'Othello,' among other points, is that it is impossible to know another human being, Patrick Page
aphorism bite establish exact finger maybe relates routine simply ten time until
It wasn't until I had been writing on and off for maybe ten years that I started to establish any kind of routine, thought I couldn't put a finger on an exact date, and this routine relates simply to the aphorism 'How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.' Neal Asher
aphorism danger small states trying
It's the danger of the aphorism that it states too much in trying to be small
aphorism capital chose dirty foreground greedy ideology man mankind money path precisely punishing sacred salvation searching shows societies society sorts suicide tainted true understand ways
The societies of the futures, always searching for salves, will be so greedy to have this capital which is the man, that they will find all sorts of dirty ways to religiously or culturally brutify him and even severely punishing him if he would chose suicide or the ideology that shows the true path of salvation of the mankind through itself. Precisely because they will understand that the Man is the World and the World is the Man! This aphorism will be the one that will be in the foreground on the backgrounds tainted by all these murders of the money of this society which will be the antechamber of the society of the Sacred Self.
aphorism genuine fixed
An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience. F. H. Bradley
aphorism
In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth. Mason Cooley
aphorism angle structure
Aphorisms know the angles, but not the structure.
aphorism pins let-me
The haiku lets meaning float; the aphorism pins it down.
aphorism slippery
The aphorism is a slippery plaything.
aphorism midst known
The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words. Emile M. Cioran
book writing long
My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long as I stick with that, I'm entertaining myself, and then hopefully my readers as well. I hope to god I realize that I'm repeating myself, if I ever do. But if I don't, I'm sure my readers will let me know. Charles de Lint
book writing want
I don't actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don't want to write them anymore. I write to find out what happens. You know how you read a book? That's what I'm doing except I'm just doing it a lot slower because it takes a lot longer to do.
book writing seven
I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I can't do that with my books. If I could, I probably wouldn't write them.
book writing differences
To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists are teens. The difference is in the readers.
book night cities
I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's dinner or easily see a band. But I also like the wild places, especially hiking in the desert and the Eastern woodlands. Do I have to choose?
book biblical world
The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world. Charles Dickens
book beer words-of-wisdom
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking.
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
forms generally information necessary page people submit web
We'll also have it set up with all the necessary forms to submit your film online, and generally have the Web page be a better way for people to get information about the festival. Jeff Johnson
forms office people received return though
My office has received 50 forms from people who mailed it to us or faxed it, even though there was no return envelope. Mike Jackson
forms friendship henry sailor tells true unusual
My book 'Ali Pasha' tells the true story of a young sailor Henry Friston, who, in the hell-fire of battle, forms an unusual friendship. Michael Foreman
forms illinois la nina spring tendency
Historically, a La Nina that forms in spring has a tendency for most of Illinois to be dry.
forms mediums nice settling tactile versatile
I went through working in many mediums before settling on wood. I like it as a medium. It is non-toxic, versatile in the forms you can get, and has a nice tactile quality.
forms lead music punk raw
When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Otis Redding or Nirvana. Langhorne Slim
forms future glad tied
I am glad he has tied his future to us, he forms an important part of my plans. Chris Coleman
forms
We're still faxing the forms and we're still getting information,
forms movies people
More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art. Richard King
masters worst
put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst.
masters source phenomenon
Religion is interested primarily in the One who is the source of all things, the master of every phenomenon.
masters theory mathematical
We do not master a scientific theory until we have shelled and completely prised free its mathematical kernel. David Hilbert
masters inaccessible
Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters. Artur Schnabel
master private says teach
We've got a private master comes to teach us at home, but we ain't proud, because ma says it's sinful.
masters power-of-thought regions
The power of thought, the vast regions it can master. Bertrand Russell
masters harm hail
To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm. William Shakespeare
masters oaks
I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks. Bernard of Clairvaux
masters made consumers
Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters. Bryant H. McGill
says took
Well, she took the money. It says a lot about her credibility.
says time totally
I'm not really sure where it comes from, but every time I meet someone who says 'I really want to be an entrepreneur' but has no idea what they want to do, I really just think: 'This person is totally aimless.' Dustin Moskovitz
says stuff
She says things like 'Mama, my stuff is all wet,'
says somebody winning
Show me that somebody that says winning is not a part of development, I'll show you a loser.
says
We try to get him to go out and he says 'No, I've got a show Tivoed at home. I don't know about this guy.
says
When he says he doesn't know, it's the honest-to-God truth.
says state
If the state says there's a plan, that's an overstatement.
says stadium
I think what it says is that Telstra Stadium is out of sight, out of mind,
says
He has a presence. You knew, right from the get-go, he was the manager, and what he says goes.
sentences
Make no a complete sentence. Amy Poehler
sentences
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't. Douglas Hofstadter
sentences moved
I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence. Amy Hempel
sentences
The best sentence? The shortest. Anatole France
sentences
When I read a review, 90% of the review is about my lifestyle, and the last two sentences are about the record. Pete Wentz
sentences urged
I do not think of literature as something confessional or therapeutic. I make sentences in order to be precise about experiences and things. I am urged by many things and no things in particular. Per Petterson
sentences
There are a lot of things you can be doing with your kids. We want them to write sentences by the end of kindergarten.
sentences
You can't not like 'The Great Gatsby.' It's got the best sentences in, like, ever. John Green
sentences
I was 40 before I learned that 'No' was a complete sentence. Kathy Ireland
tend
West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view. James Salter
tend
In Germany, actors tend to be more laid-back and take orders from the director: 'Tell me what you want.' I'm more into collaboration. So are Americans.
tenors ten
A counter tenor is anyone who can count to ten. Denis Norden
tent
We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow. Alexei Navalny
tend
When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth. Andy Serkis
tennis consistency
Power thrills, consistency kills. Bill Anderson
tennis wanted retired
When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life. Bjorn Borg
tennis special olympics
I'm actually pretty good at tennis. Well, if I'm in the Special Olympics or something. Chelsea Handler
tend
When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual. Nobu Matsuhisa