William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
Quotes to Explore
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The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
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It's good for the NHL to implement different things - the 3-on-3, money that'll go to players - to try to get us to play at a higher level.
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I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
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Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.
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We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
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I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
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Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power line is you and I! The current is God! We have the power to allow the current to flow through us and thus to generate the light of the world: JESUS - or to refuse to be used and, thus, allow the darkness to spread.
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I have no interest in Kerouac whatsoever. I've done my stint for him. As far as I'm concerned, Kerouac is what Madison Avenue wants a rebel to be. That isn't my kind of rebel.
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The West is not in the West. It is a project, not a place.
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Problems tend to be put into their proper perspective the moment we get off SELF, and on PURPOSE. By choosing your purpose in life - a purpose that serves the greater good - and devoting the majority of your time, energy, and attention everyday toward living it, you discover the secret to a life of fulfillment.
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To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
