John Locke Quotes
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
John Locke
Nazareth
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I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.
Leon Russell
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Thus the Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the drive for power as a value in itself has become the principal indicator of social approval. And the winning of power has become the measure of social merit.
John Ralston Saul
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There is a sort of natural instinct of human dignity in the heart of man which steels his very nerves not to bend beneath the heavy blows of a great adversity. The palm-tree grows best beneath a ponderous weight, even so the character of man. There is no merit in it, it is a law of psychology. The petty pangs of small daily cares have often bent the character of men, but great misfortunes seldom. There is less danger in this than in great good luck.
Lajos Kossuth
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Principles of motion take precedence over sequence of motion.
Ed Parker
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The only thing that happens when I'm teaching is that I hope there are some students out there in the class who will ask questions.
Garry Winogrand
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He did not understand all he had heard, but from his clandestine glimpse into the privacy of these two, with all the world that his short experience could conceive of at their feet, he had gathered that life for everybody was a struggle, sometimes magnificent from a distance, but always difficult and surprisingly simple and a little sad.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.
Carolyn Heilbrun
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Of course my moods change, but the average is serenity. I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too; at all events, I think it such a great blessing when a man has found his work that I cannot count myself among the unfortunate. I mean, I may be in certain relatively great difficulties, and there may be gloomy days in my life, but I shouldn't like to be counted among the unfortunate, nor would it be correct if I were.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Even among humans, self-awareness has gradations.
Charlie Jane Anders
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If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you.
Nicky Gumbel
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We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.
Carre Otis
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There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
John Locke
Nazareth
