Greater Quotes - Page 12

• If I'm enjoying myself, I find my opportunities for more fun become greater.

  Martha Plimpton

  Fun, Opportunity, Enjoy

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• I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

  Len Elmore

  Basketball, Team, Games

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Trust is greater than love.

  David O. McKay

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• To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.

  Hermann Hesse

  Patience, Revenge, People

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• Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Friendship, Real Friends, My Best Friend

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• What greater gift than the love of a cat.

  Charles Dickens

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

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• I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.

  Stephen Hawking

  Want, Knows, Universe

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• Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

  William Hazlitt

  Education, Teacher, Money

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.298

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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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• Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.

  Marilu Henner

  Vegetables, Energy, Negative

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• Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.

  Lauryn Hill

  Believe, Hero, Names

  "Lauryn Hill’s Thesis On Where Art & Corporate Interests Meet Recalls Dave Chappelle’s Escape" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. June 10, 2012.

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• Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

  Napoleon Hill

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Napoleon Hill, Steve Berges (2010). “Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition”, p.118, American Liberty Press

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• My hope is that flexible working and varying shift patterns will give workers a taste for idling and that they will gradually demand greater reductions in the length of the working week.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Giving, Demand, Patterns

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2006.

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• The idea that children are passive repositories to be shaped by their parents has been massively overstated. A child's peer group is a far greater determinant of its development and achievements than parental aspiration.

  Steven Pinker

  Children, Ideas, Achievement

  "Steven Pinker: The evolutionary man". Interview with John Crace, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2008.

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• It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes are more frequent, the percentage of men in the population who fight is greater, and the rates of death per battle are higher.

  Steven Pinker

  Fighting, Men, Numbers

  "A History of Violence" by Steven Pinker, newrepublic.com. March 19, 2007.

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• Northeastern and most coastal states will vote for the candidate who is more closely aligned with international cooperation and engagement, secularism and science, gun control, individual freedom in culture and sexuality, and a greater role for the government in protecting the environment and ensuring economic equality.

  Steven Pinker

  Gun, Government, Culture

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• I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

  Harold Pinter

  Sex, Thinking, Cricket Match

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• A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

  Brad Pitt

  Family, Loss, Venture

  "Brad Pitt Is Finally 'Satisfied'". Interview with Dotson Rader, parade.com. September 15, 2011.

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• Today the demands are for even higher standards in the quality of care, for greater flexibility and convenience in treatment times, and for more prevention through screening and health checks.

  Lucy Powell

  Quality, Prevention, Demand

  "Labour created the NHS and has safeguarded its future" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2008.

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• As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Soccer, Stars, Player

  "Star Chef on Passion, Pressure and Perfection" by Sarah Rosenberg and Katie Escherich, abcnews.go.com. June 19, 2008.

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• The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Strong, Skills, Personality

  "Star Chef on Passion, Pressure and Perfection" by Sarah Rosenberg and Katie Escherich, abcnews.go.com. June 19, 2008.

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• Asymmetric balance creates greater reader interest. Pleasure derived from observing asymmetrical arrangements lies partly in overcoming resistances, which, consciously or not, the spectator adjusts in his own mind.

  Paul Rand

  Lying, Mind, Balance

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• We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Military, Pearls

  Ronald Reagan, Mark J. Green, Gail MacColl (1983). “There he goes again: Ronald Reagan's reign of error”, Pantheon

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• Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.

  Robert Redford

  Sports, Baseball, Golf

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• There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

  Thomas Reid

  Advancement, Ambiguity, Speech Impediment

  Thomas Reid, Ronald E. Beanblossom, Keith Lehrer (1983). “Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays”, p.129, Hackett Publishing

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