Michel de Montaigne Quotes
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Quotes to Explore
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Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the merest clue, and yet can't have a trusting relationship with his closest friend.
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As we get more transparent with data sets about infrastructure and systems management, I have a feeling we'll see big changes in how we think about complexity and our relationship to our actions.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth.
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To suggest that a Muslim cannot think for himself sounds to me very much like an incident of anti-Muslim bigotry.
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Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
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It's like the American democratic system. When you vote, even if your candidate doesn't win, you accept that democracy was in action. When people participate in a Tezos network, they're accepting that the democratic vote of the other coin holders will govern the way the protocol moves.
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Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had.
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A Reagan appointee, Justice Kennedy is no liberal, as he has shown on issues from affirmative action to corporate campaign spending. But he has repeatedly sided with gay litigants before the court.
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Singing is my entire life. I nearly lost that. I am so blessed to be able to do this. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do.
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Everybody needs somebody.
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I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.
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UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
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Pro wrestling has always been my passion. I always wanted to be a pro wrestler.
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Marriage can either be a classroom where people become wiser and better, or a prison where people become resentful; and bitter.
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In music, you learn a lot of things when you don't know what you're doing.
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God forbid, if something happened & she lost him for good, she would give up anything to have him back. Anything & everything.
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Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
