Thomas Carlyle Quotes
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.
Quotes to Explore
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Poetry must be simple, sensuous, or impassioned.
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I just want to make the best music of all time with my best friends.
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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
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It would be a significant problem and it would move in exactly the wrong direction.
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We're richer, but that wealth doesn't reflect durable, authentic economic value - which is hitting fast diminishing returns. The growth that we're pursuing is neither sustainable - nor is it, in many ways, real growth at all. Boardrooms from finance to autos to energy to pharma to fashion have learned that the hard way.
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Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.
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A woman's right to choose is at a tipping point. The Supreme Court is narrowly divided, and by selecting John Roberts to succeed the late Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Bush has raised the stakes. ight
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I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
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To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.
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For life in permanent beta, the trick is to never stop starting.
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A man is thrown down on his back and three or four men sit on his arms and legs and hold him down and either a gun barrel or a rifle barrel or a carbine barrel or a stick as big as a belaying pin … is simply thrust into his jaws … and then water is poured onto his face, down his throat and nose … until the man gives some sign of giving in or becomes unconscious.… His suffering must be that of a man who is drowning, but who cannot drown.
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If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.
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That was probably one of my favorite questions.
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Cats are designated friends.
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It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens.
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One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.
