Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.
Quotes to Explore
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.
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I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should be lovely. I, that am blind, cry out against my blindness.
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The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
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There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to.
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I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.
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I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be.
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We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.
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Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns?
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Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is the more lasting solution.
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Mummy, Bea and I call ourselves 'the Tripod' - they are my best friends in the world.
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For every champion, after you win the belt, you want to defend it as many times as possible.
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I personally believe this Agency has always been very dedicated and has always worked as hard as it possibly can to do things as safely and as effectively as possible.
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I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.
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I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it!
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I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants.
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This is President Obama’s number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect.
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Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.
