Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
Quotes to Explore
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.
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Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world.
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I actually did go through severe depression and anxiety attacks where I couldn't sleep for weeks. It was definitely several months of being not myself.
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Lo, this great work, a Temple to thy praise,On polisht Pillars of strong Verse I raise!A Temple, where if Thou vouchsafe to dwell,It Solomons, and Herods shall excel.Too long the Muses-Land have Heathen bin;Their Gods too long were Dev'ils, and Vertues Sin;But Thou, Eternal Word, hast call'd forth MeTh' Apostle, to convert that World to Thee;
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Responsible human beings must be concerned about our surroundings and what we will pass on to future generations. However, to use climate change as an excuse not to develop our God-given resources makes little sense.
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From whence it is obvious to conclude that, since our Faculties are not fitted to penetrate into the internal Fabrick and real Essences of Bodies; but yet plainly discover to us the Being of a GOD, and the Knowledge of our selves, enough to lead us into a full and clear discovery of our Duty, and great Concernment, it will become us, as rational Creatures, to imploy those Faculties we have about what they are most adapted to, and follow the direction of Nature, where it seems to point us out the way.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
