Tacitus Quotes
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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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.
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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.
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Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.
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I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.
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You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.
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I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007.
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It was great to see our team execute. We really moved the ball, we got good shots and we were looking for each other. It was one of the better games I've seen in a long time, and it can't come at a better time than now.
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For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Father's grace and presence. For me, everything in my life that matters, is perfect!
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
