Henry David Thoreau Quotes
It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.
Quotes to Explore
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I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.
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Besides regular exercising, one should also take care of his or her daily habits such as adequate sleep and drinking lots of water.
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I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a man said something that was critical of me or my ideas, I wouldn't consider him an enemy.
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The only thing that would make her jealous would be if I led a parade riding a unicorn while ballerinas sang love songs.
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There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.
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You can take Hollywood for granted like I did, or you can dismiss it with the contempt we reserve for what we don't understand. It can be understood too, but only dimly and in flashes. Not half a dozen men have ever been able to keep the whole equation of pictures in their heads.
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It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.
