Henry Kissinger Quotes
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Henry Kissinger
Quotes to Explore
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Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.
David Hume
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The most important single thing about string theory is that it's a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a very tight and consistent way. It contains in its basic structure both quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. That's big news.
Leonard Susskind
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I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
Elia Kazan
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I don't like hearing that I've lost weight. I like hearing that it looks like I have gained weight?!
Byung Hun
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you must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if he does not clamour for his life?
Kamala Markandaya
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We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.
Chogyam Trungpa
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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Henry Ward Beecher
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There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now.
Henry Ward Beecher
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The opposite of ‘open’ isn’t closed. The opposite of open is broken.
John Wilbanks
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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.
Confucius
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I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don't necessarily try to put on a show. That's what my father's thing was, and he was great at it. Everything I say is because I feel it, and it comes out of my mouth. It's not scripted.
Laila Ali
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Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.
William Penn
