Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Quotes to Explore
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Homeland or death! Socialism or death! We shall overcome!
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I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
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I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.
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The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting.
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Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of citizens would be enormously helpful to a mayor choosing between building a new bridge or offering a tax cut.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale.
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What Mr. Obama wants in a nominee isn't really 'empathy' and 'understanding.' He wants a liberal, activist Supreme Court justice.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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I had the misfortune of being born in a horrendous situation.
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As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.
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I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium.
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We really should be grateful to the people who participate in research and allow certain details to be published about themselves. Because if they didn't, we wouldn't have nearly the understanding of the brain that we do.
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I wanted a real profession. And I'd always been interested in architecture and in design and in, really, what makes things work. And understanding what's kind of behind the walls and why things stand up and some things don't.
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Displaying a bland, even an eerie, disregard for what appeared to be the facts of the situation, he fell back on an old habit of looking ahead to the next defeat.
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I'm blessed that I can leave it to the pros at work and red-carpet events, because I can't say I'm adept. Still, I'm definitely not afraid to take chances when it comes to beauty.
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I'm sure there are some haters out there, but I just put my blinders on.
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Armed men don’t sit down and talk.
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Ages ago, when I published 'Amelia's Notebook,' I'd sent it to traditional publishers I'd been working with, but nobody knew what to do with it. Tricycle was this small publisher who didn't know any better, and they took a chance.
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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
