Striking Quotes
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The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it which we practice.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson -
Almost all rich veins of original and striking speculation have been opened by systematic half-thinkers.
John Stuart Mill
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We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows.
Thomas A. Edison -
Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.
George III -
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Honore de Balzac -
Great striking partnerships come in pairs.
Nigel Spackman -
What is so striking about Liberia is that in a place where there is so much to be done, I have never seen so many people with nothing to do.
Evan Davis -
I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle.
Michael Arden