Greater Quotes - Page 13

• Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, People, Accomplishment

  Joel Osteen (2007). “Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

  Camille Paglia

  Home, Issues, Choices

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• Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Spirit, Fight Club Book, Destroying

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.110, Random House

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• Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.

  Leon Panetta

  Knowing, Challenges

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• Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

  Blaise Pascal

  Evil, Add, Investing

  Blaise Pascal, W. F. Trotter, T. S. Eliot (2003). “Pensees”, p.31, Courier Corporation

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• The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

  Blaise Pascal

  Men, Differences, Ordinary

  Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

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• In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself.

  Ron Paul

  War, Support, Hussein

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• As the Indian government has embraced greater economic openness, the creativity and expertise of the Indian workforce has been unleashed onto the world economic stage.

  Henry Paulson

  Creativity, Government, World

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• Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

  Ross Perot

  Writing, Men, Two

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• The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong.

  Rick Perry

  Strong, Perfect, Doe

  "Perry to GOP Convention: Not Riding Into Sunset" by Morgan Smith, www.texastribune.org. June 7, 2012.

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• Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

  Rick Perry

  Law, Abiding, Citizens

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• Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.

  Rick Perry

  Government, America, Wealth

  "Texas Gov. Rick Perry Announces Presidential Bid". www.realclearpolitics.com. August 13, 2011.

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

  Martha Plimpton

  Fun, Opportunity, Enjoy

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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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