Charles Rennie Mackintosh Quotes
There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist
Quotes to Explore
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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I love the French horn.
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I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.
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It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.
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I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.
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Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?
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If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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Alinsky's 1971 book, 'Rules for Radicals,' is a favorite of the Obamas. Michele Obama quoted it at the Democratic Convention. One Alinsky tactic is to 'Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.' That's what the White House did in targeting Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer.
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I'm on a single track here - I work to direct what I want to see onstage. I basically have been feeding my own needs - to be working on a specific project at a specific time, and fortunately more often it works than fails.
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Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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Chin up, shoulders back. Let ‘em know you’re here. #ProudOfWhoYouAre
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One of the key things about the entitlement and power of patriarchy, but also within feminism, is not that it's wilful nastiness. But you can't ask for permission. You can negotiate and you can bring people on board and you can build a base but you can't expect for it to be given.
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Do not pour guilt into someone's psyche, and don't let anyone tamper with your conscience.
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India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.
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You can't just drop everything and focus on playing video games for a living.
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...the myth of socialism is far stronger than the reality of capitalism. That is because capitalism is not really an ism at all. It is what people do if you leave them alone.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist
