Steve Rushin Quotes
There is something inherently foolish in soldiering on when there is no hope of payoff.
Steve Rushin
Quotes to Explore
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We need more than new policies. We need a new worldview, and a new bottom line. We need to replace economic values as our ordering principle, with humanitarian values as our ordering principle.
Marianne Williamson
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It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
Demosthenes
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I am not concerned about two successive defeats, ... I am just sad for the players that they haven't got their due rewards.
Vanderlei Luxemburgo
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I don't think most people understand acting, even the people who call themselves savvy, even actors.
Viola Davis
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There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.
Viswanathan Anand
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You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a super-voluptuous flame permanently aglow in your subtle spine (oh, how you have to cringe and hide!), in order to discern at once, by ineffable signs―the slightly feline outline of a cheekbone, the slenderness of a downy limbs, and other indices which despair and shame and tears of tenderness forbid me to tabulate―the little deadly demon among the wholesome children; she stands unrecognized by them and unconscious herself of her fantastic power.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections
Vladimir Putin
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Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.
William Hazlitt
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For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very tolerant place, but it's also a somewhat Calvinist country.
Ari Marcopoulos
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Mahatma Gandhi
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
William Cowper
