Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
Dana Perino
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
C. S. Lewis
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
Oliver Ellsworth
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Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.
Daniel Webster
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The industry has changed in that it is far more disposable than it used to be. When Boyzone came out, we were given a shot and the patience to record our singles and albums. Nowadays, the thought is if it is not working, then the artist will be dropped. The record companies will bail on the artists, and I find that sad.
Ronan Keating
Boyzone
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My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.
Mario Benedetti
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What if you have failed in the past? So, at one time did every man we recognize as a towering success. They called it "temporary defeat.
Napoleon Hill
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As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
Alexis de Tocqueville