John Locke Quotes
For it will be very difficult to persuade men of sense that he who with dry eyes and satisfaction of mind can deliver his brother to the executioner to be burnt alive, does sincerely and heartily concern himself to save that brother from the flames of hell in the world to come.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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Albania is at risk and we are living in difficult times.
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Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.
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The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.
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The year 2013 has been very difficult, with a lot of headwinds in almost every region and every business.
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It is very difficult for me to speculate as to how long it will take for the LTE-TDD ecosystem to mature. Of course, the whole industry is speaking of scale and a combination of scale in order to get more efficiency in the ecosystem.
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Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult.
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I was a pretty difficult teenager.
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I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.
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I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate.
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I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.
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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
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You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a single concept of which I am convinced that it will stand firm, and I feel uncertain whether I am in general on the right track.
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It is difficult to preach, this morality of mediocrity! It may never admit what it is and what it wants! It must speak about restraint and worth and duty and love of one's neighbor.
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Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover? Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd satisfaction? Do you think I am trusty and faithful? Do you see no further than this façade—this smooth and tolerant manner of me? Do you suppose yourself advancing on real ground toward a real heroic man? Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all maya, illusion?
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I usually want to die or do nothing.
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For it will be very difficult to persuade men of sense that he who with dry eyes and satisfaction of mind can deliver his brother to the executioner to be burnt alive, does sincerely and heartily concern himself to save that brother from the flames of hell in the world to come.
