Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The winds, the water, electricity, all aliens that in their wild form were dangerous, are now controlled by human will, and are made useful servants.Henry Ward Beecher
Quotes to Explore
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Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.
Wayne Kramer -
I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.
Kabir Bedi -
A man in debt is so far a slave.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
The story of 'Highway' is completely about travel. It is about the fascination of travel to an extent that I don't want to even reach the destination and also being away from society gives you a certain view of the society, so that was the intention of the film.
Imtiaz Ali -
Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person.
Jennifer Lynch -
If I lose my job at a furniture factory where I've worked for decades, no amount of cheaper toys and raincoats at Wal-Mart is going to make me whole again.
David Autor
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When a leader in the Church inspires council members with vision, he helps them focus on their real mission so that they are ministering to people rather than merely administering programs.
M. Russell Ballard -
It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
Paul McCartney The Beatles -
The photo is a thing in itself. And that's what still photography is all about.
Garry Winogrand -
Even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice.
Patrick Ness -
It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.
Ang Lee -
There was even a recurrent idea in America about an education that would leave out history and the past, that should be a sort of equipment for aerial adventure, weighed down by none of the stowaways of inheritance or tradition.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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You never want to be completely alone at what you do. Competition is good for everyone.
Marc Benioff -
Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall.
Eleanor Clift -
In home life contentment is an essential to daily comfort. One discontented person in the house creates an atmosphere fatal to tranquillity.
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster -
Write a list of ways that you have benefited from being married to your spouse. Then write a list of your spouse's positive patterns and qualities. Keep adding to the lists and reread them frequently.
Zelig Pliskin -
You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.
Queen Latifah -
I have had no true friends, only lovers.
Pablo Picasso
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The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
Homer -
Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.
Theresa May -
California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.
Molly Ivins -
The home is the most important factor in civilization, and that civilization is to be measured at different stages largely by the development in the home.
Herbert Spencer -
It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The winds, the water, electricity, all aliens that in their wild form were dangerous, are now controlled by human will, and are made useful servants.
Henry Ward Beecher