Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Quotes to Explore
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
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No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.
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The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.
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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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Religion unites man with God, or forms a communication between them; yet do they not say, 'God is infinite?' If God be infinite, no finite being can have communication or relation with him.
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A monopoly is like running on firm ground. Nothing compels you to move, but if you do, you move forward. The faster you run, the more scenery you see - so you have some incentive to run fast.
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Like all rice, black rice is great at absorbing flavours, but it's just as happy to act as a satiny bed for a poached egg, say, if you want to keep things simple.
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To reap this demographic dividend, we need to enable the youth to acquire skills required to get the job or become self-employed.
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Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
