Greater Quotes - Page 16

• 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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• There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.

  Eric Ries

  Country, Jobs, America

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• Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Hands, Anxiety

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• The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Goal, World

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• So where does Stan fit in this equation?... We are told to meditate on scripture, even the hald that details the consequences of evil, the consequent of Jericho and all. Not to pretend out God has somehow changed since the time of Christ. Obviously, Paul's idea of admirable and noble is quite different from ours. God forgives us, Bill. We have mocked His victory by whitewashing the enemy for the sake of our neighbirs approval." No Greater Love has any man.

  Ted Dekker

  Men, Ideas, Evil

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• No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

  Sarah Dessen

  Love, Keys, Order

  "This Lullaby". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2002.

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• And I add this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true Sense of things, they will find Deliverance from Sin a much greater Blessing than Deliverance from Affliction.

  Daniel Defoe

  Blessing, Add, Hints

  Daniel Defoe (1836). “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe”, p.57

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• The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own government, his own culture. The more freedom the writer possesses, the greater the moral obligation to play the role of critic.

  Edward Abbey

  Country, Home, Government

  Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.373, Macmillan

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• I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so we all begin, determined to better our fathers' performances, knowing we can change the very nature of humanity, make it better, cleaner. But then daggers strike in the night, and peasants revolt, and all manner of atrocities become a necessity as breakfast. Only Princes believe in the greater good. Kings know there is only Reign, and all things may be committed in its holy name.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Strong, Kings, Father

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• Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. Become a stranger to need of pity. Or if compassion be freely given out, take only enough. Stop short of the urge to plead, then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger than your own small heart or greater than a star. Tame wild disappointment with caress, unmoved and cold. Make of it a parka for your soul. Discover the reason why so tiny human midget exists at all, so scared and so unwise. But expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.

  Alice Walker

  Stars, Disappointment, Heart

  "Anything We Love Can Be Saved". Book by Alice Walker, June, 1997.

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• You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.

  Orson Scott Card

  Body, Humans, Dies

  Orson Scott Card (1992). “The Worthing Saga”, p.80, Tor Books

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