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• It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.

  Plutarch

  Thinking, Virtue, Conceit

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• One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers.

  Willa Cather

  Family, May

  Willa Cather (2012). “The Song of the Lark”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• Il y a dans les hommes plus de choses a'   admirer que de choses a'   me  priser. There are more things to admire in people than to despise.

  Albert Camus

  People, Despise, Plus

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• Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse... by Floyd Gottfredson will be warmly received by comics aficionados but should also intrigue Disney animation buffs who aren’t necessarily plugged into comic strip history... I have a feeling that this book, crafted with such obvious care, will earn Gottfredson a new legion of admirers.

  Leonard Maltin

  Book, Disney Animation, Feelings

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• My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them.

  Alastair Campbell

  Tombstone, Flower, Long Ago

  "The royals are so thick" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2001.

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• I admired Eugene McCarthy’s courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the Washington Post, I remained an admirer.

  Kitty Kelley

  Jobs, Years, Four

  "Smudging a Senator’s Legacy" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 9, 2010.

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• Joe Wright is incredible and I'm a huge admirer of his work in general, but specifically his aesthetics and poeticism.

  Bryce Dallas Howard

  Incredibles, Aesthetics, Huge

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?

  Anne Frank

  Character, Circles, Long

  Anne Frank (2010). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.209, Anchor

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• Great men are excellent topics of conversation, but the superior man, the superior men, the masters, the universal spirits on horseback, have to stop and search their memories merely to know who these so-called great men might be. And so the great man is left with the crowd, the worthless majority...for his admirers.

  Knut Hamsun

  Memories, Men, Majority

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• Give us something else; give us something new; for Heaven's sake give us something bad, so long as we feel we are alive and active and not just passive admirers of tradition!

  Carl Nielsen

  Long, Giving, Heaven

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• India and Burma have been close friends since the days we were struggling for independence. And I'm a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and all those leaders of India's independence movement. I would like to believe the aspirations and hopes we shared in the past will continue to bind us in the future.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Believe, Struggle, Past

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• The wife of a self-admirer must expect a very cold and negligent husband.

  Samuel Richardson

  Husband, Self, Wife

  Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.5

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• People want to consume what you're putting out there, and you can create a really strong following of fans and admirers, and people who are invested in your career and your comedy.

  Nick Kroll

  Strong, Careers, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There is a connection between me and the collectors, and as admirers of the work they tell me about the differences the pieces are able to make in their lives on a daily basis.

  Richard MacDonald

  Differences, Able, Connections

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• All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Lasts, Breaths

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• Gay and costly apparel directly tends to create and influence lust.... The fact is plain and undeniable, it has the effect both on the wearer and beholder. You kindle a flame, which, at the same time consumes both yourself and your admirers.

  John Wesley

  Gay, Flames, Lust

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• In many ways, I'm a big admirer still of Julian Assange. He had balls to do what he did and his motivations in terms of holding the powerful to account are tremendously inspiring to me.

  Alex Gibney

  Motivation, Powerful, Balls

  Source: collider.com

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• I am quite an admirer of Fidel [Castro]. For me, Fidel is the first and the best man in solidarity with the peoples of the world. Fidel shares not just what he does not need, but every little thing he has. That is called solidarity.

  Evo Morales

  Men, Doe, Needs

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material.

  Don Cheadle

  Cat, Trying, Language

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• It's incredible to be working with Mr Armani and his team at Emporio Armani. I feel an affinity to the brand ethos and have been a long time admirer of their designs.

  Calvin Harris

  Team, Ethos, Long

  "Calvin Harris' amazing transformation from geek to million dollar DJ" by Claire Rutter, www.mirror.co.uk. December 17, 2014.

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• It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive Stanley Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been able to do. For me, to be able to try to make big films that reach a lot of people, and that hopefully have something to say, is a lofty goal, but that's my goal.

  David Brooks

  People, Goal, Guy

  "Director David Brooks ATM Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 4, 2012.

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• It is difficult to restrain admirers of Shakespeare once they have begun to speak of him.

  Isak Dinesen

  Speak, Difficult

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• I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things.

  Dean Ornish

  Thinking, Important, Done

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• Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.

  Vikram Seth

  Book, Strive, Strife

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• I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.

  Nicole Kidman

  People, Trying, Reaching

  Source: queenofthedesertfilm.com

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