Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
Quotes to Explore
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I get asked to comment a lot on inequality in cycling, but for me it has never been an issue. Everything has always been equal on the track, and the male and female riders are all part of the same team, and we all mix freely.
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Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.
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I think that liberals need to grow up.
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When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that were going to inform the future. Africa Express is an attempt to engage that power outside Africa, and for everyone to benefit from it.
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In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
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In literature, older women are not often given center stage.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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Friends can have different dreams and do different things.
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Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.
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In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
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Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would get alerted. You must be aware that railways are full of such elements and my fight is against them.
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Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.
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While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information.
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Centuries of their labor would not reveal to them any more of Creation than they already knew. Yet through their endeavor, men would glimpse the unimaginable artistry of Yahweh's work, in seeing how ingeniously the world had been constructed. By this construction, Yahweh's work was indicated, and Yahweh's work was concealed.
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The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude.
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I don't want to represent man as he is, but only as he might be.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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When I came into consciousness as a writer when I was in my early 20s, I just assumed that a writer did - a poet writer did everything all at once. I would write poetry, and while writing poetry I would also write work in the world - if I could get into the world.
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Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
