Confucius Quotes
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
Confucius
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We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'
Ramez Naam
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You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever.
Sam Donaldson
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To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
Valerie Plame
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I've always wanted to be an actress as well as a fashion designer.
Zoey Deutch
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It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination.
Tariq Ramadan
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When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and it became a kind of addiction. I was very shy when I was at school, but the plays seemed to give voice to my feelings.
Om Puri
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Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
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I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.
Phil Jackson
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The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
Fatema Mernissi
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When we reached the top of the humpbacked bridge that crossed the Little Deeping River, I paused, as I always did, to savor the view. It was a view that never failed to warm my heart. The village lay before me, its golden buildings aglow in the morning light. Dew glistened on the elongated oval of tussocky grass that formed the village green, and the worn stones in the cobbled lane gleamed as if they'd been polished. St. George's stumpy bell tower peered shyly at me through the boughs of the churchyard's towering cedars, and the river rushed below me, rendered livelier than usual by spring rains.
Nancy Atherton
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Oh, there at last, life's trials past, We'll meet our loved ones more, Whose feet have trod the path to God, - Not lost, but gone before.
Caroline Norton
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The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
Confucius
