Essentials Quotes - Page 33

• Many different planets are many different distances from their host star; we find ourselves at this distance because if we were closer or farther away, the temperature would be hotter or colder, eliminating liquid water, an essential ingredient for our survival.

  Brian Greene

  Stars, Distance, Water

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• We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Responsibility, Government

  "Harper appears open to working with Bloc in 2004 CBC interview". Interview with Evan Solomon, www.theglobeandmail.com. December 05, 2008.

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• All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.

  Steven Hatfill

  Believe, Responsibility, Government

  "Text of Hatfill's Statement", www.foxnews.com. August 11, 2002.

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• If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Wish, Liberty, Use

  "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by F.A. Hayek, Chap. 6: "Equality, Value and Merit," Routledge (p. 77), 1960.

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• To dwell is to garden.

  Martin Heidegger

  Garden, House, Gardening

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• Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Love, Jealousy, Mistake

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.340, Penguin

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• Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.28, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

  Ellsworth Huntington

  Vacation, Years, Restless

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.38, VM eBooks

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• Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Humane Way, Rights, People

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• The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Long, People, Wisdom And Experience

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• We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.

  Joichi Ito

  Believe, Bridges, Voice

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• The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

  Gertrude Jekyll

  Garden, Giving, Wish

  Gertrude Jekyll (2011). “Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur”, p.1, Cambridge University Press

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• I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.

  Charles Kennedy

  Cigarette, Accepting, Should

  "The New Statesman Interview - Charles Kennedy". Interview with Jackie Ashley, www.newstatesman.com. Januray 29, 2011.

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• When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit.

  Ed Koch

  Cities, Proud, Detroit

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• Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Heart, Democracy, Alive

  "Words Have Consequences" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2011.

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• When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of Spring.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Sweet, Spring, Fall

  "Seasons Endings and Beginnings" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2012.

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• Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in us, so it attracts and unites with its like.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Strong

  William Law, George Blacker Morgan (1974). “William Law: The Works”

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• Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.

  Annie Lennox

  Ideas, Challenges, Trials

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• Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

  Carl Levin

  Responsibility, Aquariums, Accountability

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• Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.

  Carl Levin

  Jobs, Men, Safety

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• I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Ideas, Failing, Foolish

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• Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas.

  John Lydon

  Ideas, Culture, Youth

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• I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

  Henri Matisse

  Art, Buddhist, Prayer

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• The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Believe, Challenges, Soul

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• I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

  George McGovern

  Choices, Healthy, Everyday

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