Contribution Quotes - Page 40

• Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Unique, Web Of Life

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Sep 13, 2011

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• When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame Hitler alone. They will make him bear the sins of the world. But it's not true. You suspected what was happening, and so did I. It was already too late over a year ago. I caused a reporter to lose his job because you told me to. He was deported. The day I did that I made my little contribution to civilization, the only one that matters.

  Iain Pears

  Jobs, Years, Civilization

  Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.321, Penguin

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• Goodness gracious me,” exclaimed Alexia, “what are you wearing? It looks like the unfortunate progeny of an illicit union between a pair of binoculars and some opera glasses. What on earth are they called, binocticals, spectaculars?” The earl snorted his amusement and then tried to pretend he hadn't. “How about glassicals?” he suggested, apparently unable to resist a contribution.

  Gail Carriger

  Glasses, Looks, Amusement

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• Finding the center of strenghth within ourselves is in the long run best contribution we can do to our fellow man

  Rollo May

  Running, Men, Long

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• Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true, that he is greatest who does the most of good. Nearly all of our controversies and combats grow out of the fact that we are trying to get something from each other--there will be peace when our aim is to do something for each other. The human measure of a human life is its income; the divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow--its contribution to the welfare of all.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Greatness, Trying, Facts

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• For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

  Brad Meltzer

  Ideas, Superhero, World

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• None of you appreciate me. Why is it so hard to believe that I could make a real contribution in these dark rimes?

  Richelle Mead

  Real, Believe, Dark

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.91, Penguin

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• Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.

  Dan Wells

  Shooting, Thanks, Refrain

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• His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible for him to make his contribution to the life of the community.

  Carl Jung

  Community, Finals, World

  Carl Jung (2016). “Psychological Types”, p.625, Routledge

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• The only way to maximize group creativity—to make the whole more than the sum of its parts—is to encourage a candid discussion of mistakes. In part, this is because the acceptance of error reduces cost. When you believe your flaws will be quickly corrected by the group, you're less worried about perfecting your contribution, which leads to a more candid conversation. We can only get it right when we talk about what we got wrong.

  Jonah Lehrer

  Mistake, Believe, Creativity

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• I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning.

  Temple Grandin

  Done, Want, Not Interested

  "An Anthropologist On Mars". The New Yorker, December 27, 1993.

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• The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence: Hate the man who is better off than you are. Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to the productive contribution he has made to the whole community. Always attribute his success to the exploitation, the cheating, the more or less open robbery of others. Never under any circumstances admit that your own failure may be owing to your own weakness, or that the failure of anyone else may be due to his own defects - his laziness, incompetence, improvidence, or stupidity.

  Henry Hazlitt

  Success, Cheating, Freedom

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• Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a significant contribution to the prevailing attitude that dogs and cats and wild animals need protection, but other animals do not. Thus people came to think of "animal welfare" as something for kindly ladies who are dotty about cats, and not as a cause founded on basic principles of justice and morality.

  Peter Singer

  Dog, Attitude, Cat

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• Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture.

  Theodore Schroeder

  Book, Reading, Mind

  Theodore Schroeder (1911). “"Obscene" Literature and Constitutional Law: A Forensic Defense of Freedom of the Press”

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• What, after all, is the purpose of a woman’s life? The purpose of a woman’s life is just the same as the purpose of a man’s life: that she may make the best possible contribution to the generation in which she is living.

  Louise McKinney

  Men, Generations, Purpose

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• The visions of the INFJs tend to concern human welfare, and their contributions are likely to be made independent of a mass movement.

  Isabel Briggs Myers

  Independent, Vision, Movement

  Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers (2010). “Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type”, p.115, Hachette UK

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• The excellence of this important contribution to genre literature CANNOT be overstated A masterwork.

  William F. Nolan

  Excellence, Important, Literature

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• The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.

  Ina May Gaskin

  Culture, Way, Birth

  Ina May Gaskin (2011). “Birth Matters: How What We Don't Know About Nature, Bodies, and Surgery Can Hurt Us”, p.6, Seven Stories Press

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• In our evolution language has been the greatest single contribution to our understanding and misunderstanding

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Understanding, Evolution, Language

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• Essentialism is not about how to get more things done, it's about how to the get the right things done. It doesn't mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential.

  Greg McKeown

  Mean, Order, Energy

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• The top group of fundraisers for Mr. Obama raised $457,834 for his 2008 campaign - and were approved for federal grants and loans of $11.4 billion, according to the Government Accountability Institute. Selling access to the federal treasury has been a great way for Democrats to raise campaign funds. Since 1989, according to an analysis by Gateway Pundit, big donors have provided $416 million more in direct contributions to Democrats than Republicans.

  Jack Kelly

  Government, Accountability, Analysis

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• The contributions that one makes in typography, design, and art in general cannot be, and must not be measured on how much money is involved. That would lead to total chaos. The word itself (contribution) is to give to a common purpose.

  Ed Benguiat

  Art, Common Purpose, Giving

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• The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight a limited war, to go to war without the necessity of arousing the public ire.

  Robert McNamara

  War, Fighting, United States

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• At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that there is no greater citizen than she who sacrifices; and that there is no greater measure of worth than contribution. These are values we can be proud of. After all, there is no moral system or religion on earth where the guiding ethic is grab more for yourself.

  Eric Liu

  Heart, Sacrifice, Ideas

  Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2012). “The True Patriot”, p.34, Sasquatch Books

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• True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has benefited most should contribute in proportion to their good fortune-and that serving others should be esteemed more highly than serving self.

  Eric Liu

  Country, Believe, Self

  Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2012). “The True Patriot”, p.20, Sasquatch Books

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