G. M. Trevelyan Quotes
Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
Quotes to Explore
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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We were descended from royalty.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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This love is silent.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.
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As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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In Canada, anything that's not in the city is referred to as a cottage. Or a log cabin.
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As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression.
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Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
