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• We must understand how to hide in darkness in order to escape the gnat-swarms of utterly annoying admirers.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Order, Gnats, Darkness

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• Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Country, Winning, Zest

  Woodrow Wilson (1961). “Constitutional Government in the United States”, p.68, Transaction Publishers

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• To be human is to have one's little modicum of romance secreted away in one's composition. One never ceases to make a hero of one's self, (in private,) during life, but only alters the style of heroism from time to time as the drifting years belittle certain gods of his admiration and raise up others in their stead.

  Mark Twain

  Hero, Self, Years

  Mark Twain (2017). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated Edition): Novels, Short Stories, Memoir, Travel Books, Letters, Biography, Articles & Speeches: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Yankee in King Arthur's Court…”, p.698, e-artnow

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• Masculine observers, if the birth-mark did not heighten their admiration, contented themselves with wishing it away, that the world might possess one living specimen of ideal loveliness, without the semblance of a flaw.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Wish, World, Might

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “The Birthmark (Unabridged): A Dark Romantic Story on Obsession with Human Perfection From the Renowned American Author of “The Scarlet Letter”, “The House with the Seven Gables” & “Twice-Told Tales” (Including Biography)”, p.76, e-artnow

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• Perhaps there is no gift of nature that requires as little exertion on the part of the owner as personal beauty. I am not certain but that it is this very absence of effort which excites our admiration.

  Bret Harte

  Effort, Littles, Absence

  Bret Harte (1914). “The Writings of Bret Harte”

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• I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Gratitude, Philosophical, Envy

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• I would love to have dinner with Jay-Z and Beyonce. I think we would have a lot to chat about. I like them both so much, and I love them as a couple. I like that they are both at the top of their game - and that they have a mutual respect and admiration for each other.

  Gayle King

  Couple, Thinking, Games

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• Too little is it considered, while we gaze on aristocratic beauty, how much good food, soft lying, warm wrapping, ease of mind, have to do with the attractions which command our admiration.

  Samuel Lover

  Lying, Mind, Ease

  Samuel Lover (1843). “Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life”, p.355

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• Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. I do not seek or conjecture either of them as if they were veiled obscurities or extravagances beyond the horizon of my vision; I see them before me and connect them immediately with the consciousness of my existence.

  Immanuel Kant

  Law, Two, Heaven

  "Critique of Practical Reason" (1788), translated in "The Cambridge Companion to Kant" by Paul Guyer, (p. 1), January 31, 1992.

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• There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

  Jane Austen

  Made, Encouragers

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.915, Ageless Reads

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• Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they deflect him.

  John Steinbeck

  Business, Men, Clothes

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.64, Penguin

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• My Army reserve service was in the 1990s. It was, more than anything else, an opportunity for me to express gratitude. My understanding of and admiration for the American armed forces is deeper, better informed as a result. I'm among those who believe that military or other citizen service should be an expected part of every American's life.

  James M Strock

  Gratitude, Military, Believe

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• Walking abroad, one is the admiration of all little boys, and meets an approving glance from every eye of elderly.

  Wilfred Owen

  War, Eye, Boys

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• True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those tenets personally chosen by the individual, strong enough to endure through trials of solitude and adversity. The principles are fitted together into what we call integrity, literally the integrated self, wherein personal decisions feel good and true. Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others.

  E. O. Wilson

  Strong, Integrity, Character

  "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge". Book by E. O. Wilson, 1998.

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• The grandiose person is never really free; first because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others, and second, because his self-respect is dependent on qualities, functions, and achievements that can suddenly fail.

  Alice Miller

  Self, Achievement, Quality

  Alice Miller (1997). “The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self”, p.36, Basic Books

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• To anyone else, Xavier's use of the word angel would have sounded like nothing more than a lovesick teenager professing his admiration. Only the two of us knew differently and now we both shared a secret- that brought us closer than ever. It was as if we had just sealed the bond between us, closed the gap, and made it final.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Teenager, Angel, Two

  Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.205, Feiwel & Friends

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• It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for him, and when they are good for other people as well they are thought virtuous: if he finds pleasure in helping others he is benevolent; if he finds pleasure in working for society he is public-spirited; but it is for your private pleasure that you give twopence to a beggar as much as it is for my private pleasure that I drink another whiskey and soda. I, less of a humbug than you, neither applaud myself for my pleasure nor demand your admiration.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Helping Others, Men, Practice

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• The pounding music, the cheers, the admiration work their way into my blood, and I can’t suppress my excitement. Cinna has given me a great advantage. No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Cheer, Fire

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

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• He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Long, Looks, Sun

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “ANNA KARENINA – Two Unabridged Translations in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series): The Greatest Romantic Tragedy of All Times from the Renowned Author of War and Peace & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including Biographies of the Author)”, p.109, e-artnow

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• But she was already in. Gareth couldn't help but stand back in admiration. Hyacinth Bridgerton was clearly a natural born athlete. Either that or a cat burglar.

  Julia Quinn

  Cat, Athlete, Hyacinths

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• ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl...I have ever met since...I met you.

  Oscar Wilde

  Girl, Mets

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.14, Xist Publishing

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• You have the greatest soul, the noblest nature, the sweetest, most loving heart I have ever known, and my love, my reverence, my admiration for you, you have increased in one evening as I should have thought only a lifetime of intimate, loving association could have increased them. You are more wonderful and lovely in my eyes than you ever were before; and my pride and joy and gratitude that you should love me with such a perfect love are beyond all expression, except in some great poem which I cannot write.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Gratitude, Writing, Heart

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• Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Brave, Brave Man

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1337, Bantam

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• Yet there it was not love. It was a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must, end in love with some

  Jane Austen

  Fever, Littles, Might

  Jane Austen (2013). “Making Sense of Persuasion! a Students Guide to Austen's (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.232, BookCaps Study Guides

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• It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Games, Bye

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

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