Confucius Quotes
A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.
Quotes to Explore
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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Africa is the future.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I've been cutting my hair ever since college. I try to do that whenever it gets rough. I'm not too cheap to go the barber shop, but I mostly try to do that by myself. I try to keep my skills sharp.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been picky.
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Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.
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A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.
