Balance Quotes - Page 6

• Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

  Jessica Savitch

  News, Television, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.

  George Carlin

  Philosophy, Stupid People, Trying

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.

  Dick Schaap

  Kings, Jobs, Thinking

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• Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.

  Marilu Henner

  Swings, Brain, Energy

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• Poor people choose now. Rich people choose balance.

  T. Harv Eker

  Inspirational, People, Secret

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• It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Simple, Too Much, Complicated

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• This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.

  Khandi Alexander

  Needs, Hiatus, Comedy

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• A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

  Ezra Pound

  Men, Civilization, Giving

  Ezra Pound (1952). “Guide to Kulchur”, p.137, New Directions Publishing

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• But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country.

  Amos Oz

  Running, Country, Years

  "Israel Under The Volcano". Interview with Jeremy Caplan, www.newsweek.com. February 28, 1999.

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• Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.

  Sally Schneider

  Vegetables, Fruit, Helping

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• The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.

  Florida Scott-Maxwell

  Gay, Bravery, Age

  Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.23, Knopf

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• It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Justice, Levels, Privilege

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• But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

  Trevor Dunn

  Trying, Achieve

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• I've learned to keep things simple. Look at your choices, pick the best one, then go to work with all your heart.

  Pat Riley

  Heart, Simple, Choices

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• When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

  James A. Baldwin

  Men, Thinking, Order

  "Clemenceau, The Events of His Life as Told by Himself to His Former Secretary, Jean Martet". Book translated by Milton Waldman. Chapter 12: "Conversation with Jean Martet", 1930.

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• As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.

  Rachel True

  Thinking, Careers, Trying

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• I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that.

  Nicole Kidman

  Children, Thinking, Important

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• Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

  Ruud van Nistelrooy

  Sports, Certain, Effects

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• But, on balance, we seized the marketplace. We've got a great infrastructure. And yes it's struggling in some areas because of some external factors and some internal factors.

  Jim Cantalupo

  Struggle, Infrastructure, Internals

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• The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.

  Paul Valery

  Giving, World, Moderation

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• The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Form, Pictorial

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• And Big Night, I think by the end, the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment.

  Tony Shalhoub

  Brother, Night, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Heart, Laughing, Today's Society

  FaceBook post by Yakov Smirnoff from Apr 10, 2014

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• I want balance in my life.

  Ron Dellums

  Want

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• My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.

  Edmund Burke

  Good Friend, Men, Self

  Edmund Burke (1852). “The Works and Correspondence Of...Edmund Burke”, p.212

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