Woodrow Wilson Quotes
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.Woodrow Wilson
Quotes to Explore
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
Ursula Andress -
Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
Veronica Roth -
A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
Adam Cohen -
Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history.
Madison Smartt Bell -
I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
Dana Carvey -
Just-poached vegetables show off their natural attributes and taste fresh and light in a way you never get with roasting or frying.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
Jack McDevitt -
I'd never looked at our house, or even our side of the street, and said, Oh! I wish we lived in the new development-those houses are so much newer, so much better! This is where I'd grown up. This was my home.
Wendelin Van Draanen -
Consciousness is not wholly, nor even primarily a device for receiving sense-impressions. ...there is another outlook than the scientific one, because in practice a more transcendental outlook is almost universally admitted. ...who does not prize these moments that reveal to us the poetry of existence?
Arthur Eddington -
Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.
Jimmy Carter -
Anya: How 'bout you, ever play Shiver Me Timbers?Tara: I'm not really much for the timber.
Amber Benson -
I'm so glad I didn't ruin a man's life by marrying him.
Lillian Gish
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Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.
Mary Wortley Montagu -
It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with.
Kris Allen -
All my life, everything has been a contest.
Bobby Riggs -
I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't even do my A-levels.
Chris Toumazou -
I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.
Joan Didion -
'I think some of these schemes - and I think particularly of the Jimmy Carr scheme - I have had time to read about and I just think this is completely wrong.
David Cameron
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De la peau du lion l'âne s'étant vêtu,Était craint partout à la ronde.
Jean de La Fontaine -
I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life.
Oprah Winfrey -
You cant have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.
Cory Booker -
Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
Najib Razak -
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Woodrow Wilson