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contrary trying
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out. Natalie Massenet
contrary discern eyes good lucky matter meet others people qualities rival shut
There are people who when they meet a rival, no matter in what, at once shut their eyes to everything good in him and see only the bad. There are others who on the contrary try to discern in a lucky rival the qualities that have enabled him to succe Leo Nikolaevich
contrary core government individual kinds needs respect systems
Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the idea that the individual is sacrosanct and that anything that's done contrary to the well-being of the individual needs some pretty serious justification. P. J. O'Rourke
contrary frequently literary mostly speaking women
I know that at literary festivals I'm speaking mostly to middle-class women, who frequently vote in a way that is contrary to how I'd like them to vote. Elliot Perlman
contrary examine inward men turn
When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves. Gustave Courbet
contrary glass left people protect
I'm blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost. Stuart Scott
contrary knows portraying reveal simply specialist truths willing
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself. Wallace Shawn
contrary economics economists ethical impossible physics prove science theories underlying
Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry. Ha-Joon Chang
contrary creature death designed food fruit garden gave god life parents plan race trees wants
God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race should eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any creature taken. There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the trees in the garden was the food man's wants required. Ellen G. White
excellence excellent performances
Personally, I always felt times aren't so excellent as are performances. Bill Rodgers
excellence kingdoms might
Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence. Bill Johnson
excellence mediocrity our-society
To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society Audre Lorde
excellence influence pursue
I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence. Deepak Chopra
excellence excellent
It's an excellent movie. Really excellent. Bill O'Reilly
excellence
We want excellence in every area. We don't want excuses. Kevin Wilson
excellence gold bars
There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence. Charles de Gaulle
excellence ornaments moral
Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. Chanakya
excellence service teams work
When we find a problem, we have service excellence teams that work through them. Patrick Kane
humility discovery design
It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design. Charles Caleb Colton
humility greatness men
Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only by the tax of humility which they are obliged to pay as the price of their friendship.
humility angel men
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. When we see the martyr to virtue, subject as he is to the infirmities of a man, yet suffering the tortures of a demon, and bearing them with the magnanimity of a God, do we not behold a heroism that angels may indeed surpass, but which they cannot imitate, and must admire.
humility men generosity
Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.
humility exercise higher
He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
humility pie appetite
I ate 'umble pie with an appetite. Charles Dickens
humility oneself
Humility is the proper estimate of oneself. Charles Spurgeon
humility men thinking
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.
humility mystery truth-is
The truth is in the mystery. Akira Kurosawa
twins anticipation born
Anticipation and Hope are born twins. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
twins
I had a twin, and he didn't make it. Jay Pharoah
twins sin dense
There are no identical twins, or forgivable sins. Ozzy Osbourne
twins stage
I'm using Fender Twin Reverbs and Fender Blues Devilles on stage. Ike Turner
twins twin-sister seriousness
When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness. Plato
twins knows
A twin knows exactly when the other one is spitting up, but that’s all they know about anything. Mary-Kate Olsen
twins twin-sister foolishness
Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom. Witold Gombrowicz
twins foreigners ifs
I love the Twins, ... I bleed the Twins. That's all I know. If I go anywhere else, I'd be a foreigner. Torii Hunter