Eliminating Quotes

• Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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• The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

  Bernard Baruch

  Encouraging, Meaningful, Courage

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• The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

  Hans Hofmann

  Inspirational, Business, Mean

  1967 Search for the Real.

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  Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

  Lin Yutang

  Motivational, Time, Art

  "Pearls of Wisdom: A Harvest of Quotations From All Ages" by Jerome Agel and Walter D. Glanze, (p. 46), 1987.

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• Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Mean, Player, Piano

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• As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

  Dieter Rams

  Believe, Mean, Responsibility

  "Looks familiar? Apple classics and their 1960s ancestors" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2008.

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• Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.

  Eric Hoffer

  Life, Book, Learning

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• We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek to the avoid suffering by deceiving and humiliating other people. We must try to achieve happiness and eliminate suffering by being good-hearted and well-behaved.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.

  Thomas Menino

  Boston, Cities, Community

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• We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.

  Eric Cantor

  Horse, Fighting, Agency

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• However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation.

  Tim Bishop

  President, Cost, Rising

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• A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax.

  Nick Clooney

  President, Salary, Social

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• Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

  Phil Crosby

  Needed, Wanted, Profitable

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• I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.

  Ed Case

  Military, Support, Homosexual

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• Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Challenges, Black Racism, Discrimination

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• The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Retirement, Impact, Careers

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• We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Abuse, Invisible

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• Let me announce this to the American people tonight one of the best things about this debate, as a Democrat from Massachusetts, I have proposed eliminating, getting rid of the alternative minimum tax.

  Richard Neal

  People, Alternatives, Massachusetts

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• If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

  William Glasser

  Teaching, Test Scores, Tests

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• Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

  Edwin Way Teale

  Life, Simple, Greed

  Edwin Way Teale (1953). “Circle of the Seasons: The Journal of a Naturalist's Year”

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• By finding waste and abuse in entitlement programs, and eliminating it, we can ensure that the funds that are put into these programs go to the people that need them the most.

  Jim Ryun

  Finding The One, People, Abuse

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• On this important anniversary, we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers, critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.

  Jim Ramstad

  Anniversary, Long, Important

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• Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community.

  Howard Coble

  Jobs, Community, Growth

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• I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

  Gene Tierney

  Years, Meat, Salad

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• Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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