B. H. Liddell Hart Quotes
A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.B. H. Liddell Hart
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
Harlan Ellison -
I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
Walter Isaacson -
In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
Ted Yoho -
I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
Aaron Yoo -
I really don't believe in magic.
Joanne Rowling -
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
Ted Engstrom
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Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
C. Everett Koop -
I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
Vance Joy -
I have visited people whose health has been endangered by tar sands oil. I have watched neighbors struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. I have seen solar panels and wind turbines become an increasingly familiar part of the landscape.
Frances Beinecke -
Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
Fidel Castro -
It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
Dana Hussein -
I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
Paloma Faith
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It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
Olafur Eliasson -
The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
Natalie Dormer -
If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
Rachel Ticotin -
The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.
Dana Spiotta -
Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
Nadia Boulanger -
The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
Samuel Alexander
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The fitness of the pupil is shown in his love for the acquisition of knowledge, his willingness to receive instruction, his reverence for learned and virtuous men, his attendance upon the teacher, and his execution of orders.
Dayananda Saraswati -
The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees.
Pat Paulsen -
Everyone has imaginary ideas of himself as being this or that sort of person. And you can be sure that the images are highly complimentary! But since they are purely imaginary, they are highly sensitive to assault by reality.
Vernon Howard -
A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
B. H. Liddell Hart