Thomas Carlyle Quotes
For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.
Thomas Carlyle
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Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.'
Kate McKinnon
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I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
Isaac Asimov
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When commerce with Moslems flourished, zeal for their massacre declined.
Barbara W. Tuchman
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In men this blunder still you find,-All think their little set mankind.
Hannah More
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It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. To begin with, it usually seems unreasonable.
Isaac Asimov
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There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved.
Isaac Asimov
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
Lara Flynn Boyle
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If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.
Valerie Jarrett
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Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in that region.
Benigno Aquino III
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I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I don't feel as a musician you can steer too far away from what you normally do.
Akon
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If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its Ruin.
Samuel Adams
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For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.
Thomas Carlyle