Edmund Burke Quotes
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
Quotes to Explore
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes you can't.
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If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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I see feminism as a massive party. It's cool, the idea that 50% of the population can now start doing things and having fun and experimenting with their hair and makeup.
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There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.
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Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
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But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.
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Back in 2000 a Republican friend warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what? I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all those things didn't come true!
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.
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Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
