Dose Quotes

• All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

  Wislawa Szymborska

  Funny, Imperfection, Easier

  "The Poet and the World". Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 07, 1996.

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• I'm okay, you're okay - in small doses.

  Jonathan Rauch

  Introvert, Okay, Introversion

  "Caring for Your Introvert". www.theatlantic.com. March 2003.

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• Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.

  Ringo Starr

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Soul

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• There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Appreciation, Women, Appreciate

  Clare Boothe Luce (1966). “The Women”, p.26, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.

  Mandy Moore

  Country, Reality, Healthy

  "Fighting Malaria With Nets" by Mandy Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2011.

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• In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

  Al Pacino

  Italian, America, Half

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

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• The dose makes the poison.

  Paracelsus

  Poison

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• The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.

  Rick Perry

  Believe, Thinking, Government

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• Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

  Giorgos Seferis

  Strong, Mean, Pride

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• Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.

  Freya Stark

  Art, Ingredients, Absence

  Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”

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• When I stopped going to school, I got the strongest dose of perspective. When you're a kid, your friends, your school, your teachers, your family - that's your whole world, your whole existence. And then when I stopped going, I lost all my friends but the few that were really close to me.

  Kristen Stewart

  Teacher, School, Kids

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• Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Punishment, Abuse, Double Standard

  Uncle Tom's Cabin ch. 20 (1852)

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• It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child's interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Children, Thinking, Games

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• I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.

  Queen Latifah

  New York, White, Want

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

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• I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

  Gary Larson

  Thinking, Insecurity, Doubt

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

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• Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what's needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.

  Kris Carr

  Thinking, People, Magic

  "How to Do Less and Live More" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2013.

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• My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.

  Rebecca Ferguson

  Home, Needs, My Family

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• I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

  Tim Ferriss

  Fans, Idleness

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• A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

  Ron Fournier

  Humility, Way In Life, Long

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• I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.

  Greg Graffin

  Healthy, Punk, Skepticism

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• I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.

  Temple Grandin

  Cycling, Years, Nerves

  Interview with Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do.

  Renny Harlin

  Giving Up, Healthy, Challenges

  Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 27, 2001.

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• I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Growing Up, Healthy, West

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• I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.

  Hulk Hogan

  Real, Cutting, Years

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• We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they were being overloaded — a mere book to keep the poor in order.

  Charles Kingsley

  Bible, Biblical, Special

  "Politics for the People".

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