William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

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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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I'm what you might call centre-right but I've always disliked the right wing as much as I've disliked the left wing.
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As an investment banker, I'm in the cross-flow of information and the changes that are taking place in capital markets.
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Whatever people want to call me, I'm cool with, except 'Zinger.'
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When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.
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To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?