Florence Nightingale Quotes
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
Quotes to Explore
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Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
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Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.
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I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's.
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
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Changing the DNA of a large, multilateral organization such as the United Nations to deal effectively with modern threats is not easy. Indeed, when the United Nations was created in the wake of World War II, threats came almost exclusively from one state carrying out acts of aggression against another.
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Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe.
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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You do your bit and then you hope for the best and you think, oh I hope there's an audience at the end of the day.
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God had answered her prayer, not with the thing she asked for, but rather the thing she wanted most in her heart.
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Adeo facilius est multa facere quam diu.
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Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
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I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.
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Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs.
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At 17, we all think we know what we're doing.
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You might measure your approach to a horse the same way as your approach to people because there are going to be some horses, like some people, who might be inclined to tune you out.
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No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
