Orison Swett Marden Quotes
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
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Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.
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Free love sounds great.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
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Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road.
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I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.
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Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
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Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
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The two great aims of industrialism - replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy - seem close to fulfillment.
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That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
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If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.
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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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The Broken Bow group is such a great family and seem like a group of tight-knit people. When I looked for a new label, I wanted to feel I could trust everybody. I wanted motivation to be at an all-time high.
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Being very, very honest, I've watched more Bill Clinton speeches than stand-up specials. Steve Jobs commencements. They're just great orators. I love people who boldly share their point of view.
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I was never really a Mod. I thought I was more of a beatnik with the brown corduroy jacket, blue jeans, etc. I loved the music Mods liked, and I loved the clothes, but I didn't have any money to spend on them.
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Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.'
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It's a rare memoir that can tell a story that seems brand new, but Nina Here Nor There does it. This one-of-a-kind narrator undertakes a quest that is unmistakably timely. But in its yearning for awareness and connection, this book feels timeless.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
