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essence generosity selfishness
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
essence ideas mind
We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur.
essence news world
The old, old gospel is the newest thing in the world; in its very essence it is for ever good news. Charles Spurgeon
essence life material source truth worth
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth. Ang Lee
essence civilization tribes
... poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization -- carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language ... Diane Wakoski
essence history mind
History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation. Catherine Drinker Bowen
essence simplicity taste
Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste. Cary Grant
essence prejudice symptoms
Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Jane Austen
essence perspective loses
What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music. Janis Joplin
grasp maybe people running runs
I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a TV show.' Maybe that's not true. Maybe there are people that do. I don't know. Elizabeth Meriwether
grasp male move people revealing slow struggled
I'm one of those people who has always struggled with emotions and revealing them. When my dog Orson died, I did this very male thing of 'It's just a dog and I'll just move on.' I was very slow to grasp the emotion. But Orson is the reason I started writing about dogs. Jon Katz
grasp great guys instead learn learning mike offense rest trying
You can just see it. (Quarterback) Mike Lomas and the rest of the guys on offense have a great grasp of what we?re trying to do because they haven?t had to learn a new system. They?re working on refining what they know instead of learning a new offense. Dave Wood
grasp magnitude president starting
The president is starting to grasp the magnitude of the situation. Mary Landrieu
grasped love people piece products purest saying understood worked
There are people I've worked with who have never understood how fashion works. They keep saying they love fashion, yet they've never actually grasped that this isn't yoghurt or a piece of furniture - products in the purest sense of the term. Nicolas Ghesquiere
grasp intuitive quantum selection
The real problem with natural selection is that it makes no intuitive sense. It is like quantum physics; we may intellectually grasp it, but it will never feel right to us. Paul Bloom
grasp indicate learned older rights thinks understanding wiser
He did indicate that he's an older person, that he's learned more, that he thinks he's a wiser person and he has a better grasp and understanding about constitutional rights and liberties. Edward Kennedy
grasp hard interested learning policy
It is hard to get a grasp on how U.S. policy is working in another country. We and he were interested in learning more so we could be better advocates.
grasped hard hardest hard-work pays people until work worked
People always say that hard work pays off. I never grasped that until now. I worked the hardest I've ever worked -- period.
hold hoped kids school
What the school hoped to do for these kids was to hold them accountable for their actions, which they'd never really had before.
hold offense passing points steals
We wanted to try and hold them under 15 points in the first half. We got out in the passing lanes, got some steals and were able to get our offense going off that.
hold knew leave saw
When it was hit, I knew it was going to be trouble. I saw it leave the infield, I knew it was gone. So it was one of those things, especially on a 0-2 count, you want something that is he going to nibble at and not really get a hold of.
hold stronger
We're just stronger in singles. We couldn't hold Elliott back anymore.
hold province
We are going to hold the province to that now.
holding hopeful might prior remaining resolution
We are holding out that something might develop. We are remaining hopeful that we can come up with a resolution prior to the 31st.
holding-on sometimes holding-back
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
hold today
We started today in third. We just couldn't hold on to that lead.
holding keeping urban water
We're infiltrating runoff back into the water table, keeping pollutants out of the urban streams and holding the runoff back. Jim Johnson
leadership sports dream
A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true. Carol Mann
leadership acting needs
Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing Carlos Ghosn
leadership pieces roles
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
leadership great-leader stage
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects. Charles de Gaulle
leadership men endeavor
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
leadership men importance
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
leadership inspiration elements
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
leadership death witty
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
leadership hope encouragement
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
learned life whenever
Whenever the heat's on, my whole life, I've just kind of learned to focus a little more. Jordan Spieth
learned life might
If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people. Tracy Morgan
learned power
I really learned how to act on camera through 'Power Rangers' because I hadn't done a lot of film and TV. Erin Cahill
learned phone
When you're at a lunch, enjoy being - I'm always on my phone when I'm at lunch or with things here or there. I've learned to put the phone down and be present. Khloe Kardashian
learned loses love states
I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that burger,' 'I love my shoes,' 'I love a friend.' To me, if it's overused, it loses meaning. Juan Pablo Galavis
learned
We all learned how to walk and talk by interacting with our environment, with real goals and rewards. Nicholas Negroponte
learned mean middle people realize seconds six
I just use all the skills that I learned in film school, and I just incorporate them into my sketches. People don't realize that, with a story, there has to be a beginning, middle and end. There has to be a problem and a resolution. Just because it's six seconds doesn't mean it's not a story. King Bach
learned life
From my old neighborhood, I learned nothing was guaranteed, not even life itself. You better get it today, because tomorrow is not promised. Junior Seau
learned lesson towards
I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people. Laila Ali
successful europe forever
More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international. Agnes Smedley
successful world resolve
Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions without eliminating them. Aaron Siskind
successful thinking actors
If a director can find the exact combination between the written word as a guideline and improvisational input from his actors, I think that's where you'll find the most successful work being done. Alan Thicke
successful crooks monarchs
I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch. Charlie Chaplin
successful people looks
If you look after the customers and look after the people who look after the customers, you should be successful. Charles Dunstone
successful mislead-us watches
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no watches so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.
successful causes flourishing
The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. Charles Sturt
successful men errors
Complicity with error will take from the best of men the power to enter any successful protest against it.
successful love-is foundation
Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage. Richard G. Scott