Anthony Trollope Quotes

The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.

Anthony Trollope

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• The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Economy
  • Authority
  • Trade

• In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.

  

  Ang Lee
  • Walking
  • Streets
  • Jordan

• We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.

  

  William Penn
  • Deserve
  • Praise

• Any who stand in my way shall be cut down!

  

  Cao Cao
  • Way
  • Cut down

• Since I've been here, they've made great decisions. And I'm sure they'll make the right decision here.

  

  Udonis Haslem
  • Great
  • Right
  • Decisions

• Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.

  

  Plutarch
  • Possess
  • Riches
  • Hurtful

• I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Written
  • Shy
  • Irritated

• You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Practice
  • Proclaim

• There is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it.

  

  Arnold Friberg
  • Paint
  • Grips
  • Tube

• We still have prostitutes standing on our corner, and people crapping round the back of buildings. The charms are still there.

  

  Rachel
  • People
  • Building
  • Charm

• When an opponent declares, "I will not come over to your side," I calmly say, "Your child belongs to us already...What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community."

  

  Adolf Hitler
  • Community
  • Child
  • Opponent

• It really occurred to me at a certain point: women have not been embodied. Feminism has not been embodied. It hasn't gotten into us in a way where it is so undeniable that there is nothing to prove. Do you know what I mean? That we are so in our feminist skin, so to speak, that we are that world now.

  

  Eve Ensler
  • Prove
  • Feminism
  • Embodied

• The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.

  

  Anthony Trollope
  • Charm
  • Opponent
  • Plesure