Genuine Quotes - Page 33

• In the world, there are countless Sadhus, Mahatmas, Mahapurushas, Saints, Yogis, and Walis, though the number of genuine ones is very, very limited. I am neither a Mahatma nor a Mahapurush, neither a Sadhu nor a Saint, neither a Yogi nor a Wali. I am the ancient One. The Highest of the High!

  Meher Baba

  Numbers, Saint, World

  Meher Baba (1977). “Not we but one”

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• Without any doubt the best player in the Premiership has to be Paul Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is the one who directs the way his team plays. On top of that, he has indestructible mental strength, and he is a genuine competitor.

  Thierry Henry

  Team, Player, Doubt

  "Paul Scholes earns plaudits from football's elite". www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2009.

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• Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.

  Aeschines

  Noble, Amnesty

  Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dinarchus (1836). “The Orations of Demosthenes”, p.159

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• Life is legal tender, and individual character stamps its value. We are from a thousand mints, and all genuine. Despite our infinitely diverse appraisements, we make change for one another. So many ideals planted are worth the great gold of Socrates; so many impious laws broken are worth John Brown.

  Louise Imogen Guiney

  Character, Law, Broken

  Louise Imogen Guiney (1897). “Patrins, to which is added An inquirendo into the wit & other good parts of His late Majesty King Charles the Second”

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• No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift.

  J. G. Holland

  Home, Safety, Thrift

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• My father is a man with a great capacity for love and a huge heart, which has led him to be somewhat of a lothario, but at the same time, he's genuine. He's far more loving and kind than I could ever be. As selfish as he is, he is an extremely giving person. He's just 100 percent in every direction.

  Jake Busey

  Father, Selfish, Heart

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• A genuine coincidence always means bad luck for me; it's my only superstition.

  Margery Allingham

  Mean, Luck, Superstitions

  Margery Allingham (2014). “Police at the Funeral”, p.68, Random House

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• Genuine and innocent wit is surely the very flavor of the mind.

  Moses Harvey

  Mind, Flavor, Innocent

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• Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of us, or, at least, without our participation,--like everything inspired.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspired, Surprise, Arise

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.83

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• Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple-pies, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears; but it was always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks - a delicious kind of cake, at present scarce known in this city, except in genuine Dutch families.

  Washington Irving

  Food, Apples, Pie

  Washington Irving (1854). “The Works”

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• When people come together around music, there's something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that's part of the challenge. You have to cultivate that authenticity everyday.

  Stephan Jenkins

  People, Challenges, Everyday

  "Get Back to That Place: Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins Talks Touring Again and Why He Adores Tove Lo". Interview with Kelli Bender, people.com. June 30, 2015.

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• At last an authentic voice from Saudi Arabia. Al-Mohaimeed has written a remarkable, rhythmic, genuine novel. Wolves of the Crescent Moon throbs with sensuality and moral courage, as if it didn't take place in a society that denies the tick of the heart.

  Hanan al-Shaykh

  Heart, Moon, Voice

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• If the inspiration is genuine and it's coming from the right place, that's what I like and want to be a part of.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Inspiration, Want, Right Place

  Interview with Amy Kaufman |, www.thewrap.com. October 7, 2010.

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• Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.

  Jo Coudert

  Genuine Love, Self, Affirmation

  Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.158, iUniverse

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• If you look back in history of the women who are most memorable and most stylish, they were never the followers of fashion. They were the ones who were unique in their style, breakers of the rules. They were authentic, genuine, original. They were not following the trends.

  Nina Garcia

  Fashion, Memorable, Unique

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• My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.

  Bob Saget

  Insecure, Being Insecure

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. December 02, 2010.

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• The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

  Samuel Johnson

  Ease, Pleasure, Politeness

  Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.239

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• Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Hands, Style, Execution

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.87, Ravenio Books

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• In an environment in which tragedy is genuine and frequent, laughter is essential to sanity.

  Laura Bohannan

  Laughter, Tragedy, Essentials

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• Part of the experience of enjoying a tennis match on TV is listening to the observations of an expert commentator -- one who knows the sport, has a genuine passion for the game, respects the viewers' intelligence, knows when to talk and when to keep quiet, can make you laugh and is not afraid to call a spade a spade.

  Dave McPherson

  Sports, Passion, Games

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• I've never made a plan for my life. I have just taken whatever opportunities have come and been very
  genuine with them.

  Katrina Kaif

  Taken, Opportunity, Made

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• When you cry, you don't look very attractive; you look snotty and blotchy. People seem to manage to cry quite prettily these days, and to me, that smacks of not being very genuine.

  Jo Brand

  People, Looks, Cry

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• Where is the reward of virtue? and what recompense has nature provided for such important sacrifices as those of life and fortune, which we must often make to it? O sons of earth! Are ye ignorant of the value of this celestial mistress? And do ye meanly inquire for her portion, when ye observe her genuine beauty?

  David Hume

  Son, Sacrifice, Ignorant

  David Hume, Stephen Copley, Andrew Edgar (2008). “Selected Essays”, p.90, Oxford University Press

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• Whatever is genuine in social relations endures, despite of time, error, absence, and destiny; and that which has no inherent vitality had better die at once. A great poet has truly declared that constancy is no virtue, but a fact.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Destiny, Errors, Facts

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.126

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• I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and support that thread through their communications are life lessons for us all.

  Jessye Norman

  Life Lesson, Communication, Reading

  "Jessye Norman: By the Book". www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.

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