Elements Quotes - Page 7

• The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Islam, Radical, Dangerous

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• Perseverance is a great element of success.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Success, Sports, Perseverance

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

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• I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

  Luis Barragan

  Thinking, Space, Serenity

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• The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Gun, Civilization, Religion

  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays "The State of German Literature" (1838)

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• Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

  Boris Spassky

  Sacrifice, Player, Important

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• If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Drama, Light, Relief

  "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Robert Downey Jr interview". IndieLondon interview, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

  Brian Eno

  Aquariums, Voice, Essentials

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• It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Track, Important, Overcoming

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• I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

  Helen Suzman

  Inspirational, Fighting, Opportunity

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• I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.

  Chad Lowe

  Believe, Important, Stories

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

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• I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

  Norah Jones

  Trying, Sound, Songwriting

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

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• We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.

  Casey Kasem

  Distance, Dedication, Long

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• There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern.

  Lenny Kravitz

  School, Thinking, Modern

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• Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Nature, Teaching, Ambition

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• No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

  J. P. Morgan

  Mistake, Science, Simple

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

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• Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and has the potential to become an inexpensive source of energy for neighborhoods, light and heavy duty vehicles, and industry.

  Charlie Dent

  Light, Hydrogen Fuel, Energy

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• My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition.

  Matthew Modine

  Father, Light, Age

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• The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.

  Charles Alexander Eastman

  Spiritual, Fear, Character

  Charles Alexander Eastman (2003). “The Soul of the Indian”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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• Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.

  Walter Lang

  Space, Benefits, Earth

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• And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.

  Karlheinz Stockhausen

  Relationship, Mean, Harmony

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• Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of elements (complexes of sensations) make up bodies.

  Ernst Mach

  Philosophy, Medicine, Soma

  Ernst Mach (1996). “The analysis of sensations”

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• Man needs color to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water.

  Fernand Leger

  Men, Color, Fire

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• Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

  Harry Houdini

  Fire, Terrible

  Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.1, 谷月社

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• Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

  Toru Takemitsu

  Music, Teacher, Self

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• And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

  John Donne

  Philosophy, Fire, Doubt

  'An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary' (1611) l. 205

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