Hands Quotes - Page 36

• Where another person sees problems, a leader sees possibilities. ... Leaders must have the courage to follow their vision, to believe in the invisible, to work for something that's still only a possibility, while others often wring their hands in despair.

  Diane Dreher

  Believe, Leader, Vision

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• I believe wealth should be in the hands of those who know how to create more wealth.

  Zong Qinghou

  Believe, Wealth, Should

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• God gave every man individuality of constitution, and a chance for achieving individuality of character. He puts special instruments into every man's hands by which to make himself and achieve his mission.

  J. G. Holland

  Character, Men, Individuality

  J. G. HOLLAND (1866). “PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS”, p.22

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• Out of the debris of a statue thoroughly shattered a new art work is born: a naked foot unforgettably resting on a stone; a candid hand; a bent knee which contains all the speed of the foot race; a torso which has no face to prevent us from loving it.

  Stephanie Crayencour

  Art, Race, Feet

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• People can go to the extreme like what we saw during the Cultural Revolution. For instance, in China, when people take everything into their own hands, then you cannot govern the place. It was the people taking power into their own hands. Now that is what you mean by democracy if you take it to the full swing.

  Donald Tsang

  Mean, Swings, People

  "HK's Tsang Apologises for Gaffe". news.bbc.co.uk. October 13, 2007.

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• Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Art, Maids, Archaeology

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• to change our realities, we also have to change our myths. As history amply demonstrates, myths and realities go hand in hand.

  Riane Eisler

  Reality, Myth, Hand In Hand

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• Dedication means spending whatever time or energy is necessary to accomplish the task at hand.

  Anil Sinha

  Mean, Dedication, Energy

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• Mastery, on the other hand, is being present with what is occurring, staying with it from beginning to end.

  Peter Ralston

  Mastery, Ends, Staying

  Peter Ralston, Laura Ralston (2011). “Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power”, p.24, North Atlantic Books

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• Having watched herself in the speckled mirror ... she was already shocked beyond surprise at what the flat hand of age could do.

  Mary Lee Settle

  Mirrors, Age, Surprise

  Mary Lee Settle (1954). “The Love Eaters”

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• A painter's hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it feigns eternity and it delights in this pretence almost as if it had created rules of its own, more durable and more profoundly true.

  Dacia Maraini

  Art, Memories, Men

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• Many persons erroneously suppose that an author has always on hand an unlimited number of her own books; or that the publisher will kindly give her as many as she can want for herself and friends. This is by no means the case.

  Eliza Leslie

  Book, Mean, Numbers

  Eliza Leslie (1839). “The Behaviour Book: a manual for ladies”, p.271

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• marrows - alas! - are arriving in a steady stream at the back door. ... Oddly enough, the majority of people who grow them in Fairacre say, as they hand them over: 'Funny thing! I don't care for them myself. In fact, none of the family likes them!' But still they plant them. It must be the fascination of seeing such a wonderful return for one small seed, that keeps marrow-growers at their dubious task.

  Miss Read

  Doors, Funny Things, People

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• Fear goes hand-in-hand with artistic creation, and no amount of success will make the fear go away entirely.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Creativity, Going Away, Artistic Creation

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• The most degrading of human passions is the fear of death. It tears away the restraints and the conventions which alone make social life possible to man; it reveals the brute in him which underlies them all. In the desperate hand-to-hand struggle for life there is no element of nobility. He who is engaged upon it throws aside honor, he throws aside self-respect, he throws aside all that would make victory worth having - he asks for nothing but bare life.

  Gertrude Bell

  Death, Struggle, Passion

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• I have seldom, if ever, seen money and gentleness go hand in hand.

  Grace Metalious

  Ifs, Hand In Hand, Gentleness

  Grace Metalious (2011). “Peyton Place”, p.356, UPNE

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• Will it be said that the judgment of a male of two years old, is more sage than that of a female's of the same age? I believe the reverse is generally observed to be true. But from that period what partiality! how is the one exalted, and the other depressed, by the contrary modes of education which are adopted! the one is taught to aspire, and the other is early confined and limited. As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated, while the brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science.

  Judith Sargent Murray

  Brother, Believe, Years

  Judith Sargent Murray, Sharon M. Harris (1995). “Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray”, p.6, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• It seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness about male advantage, is kept strongly inculturated in the United States so as to maintain the myth of meritocracy, the myth that democratic choice is equally available to all. Keeping most people unaware that freedom of confident action is there for just a small number of people props up those in power and serves to keep power in the hands of the same groups that have most of it already.

  Peggy McIntosh

  Small Numbers, White Privilege, Racism

  "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies". 1988.

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• We've formed many a theory and belief, but as we look about the human world, it is clear that nobody actually knows what's going on. Yet claims to Truth are being made at every hand, including the claim that there is no Truth.

  Steve Hagen

  World, Looks, Belief

  Steve Hagen (2012). “Why the World Doesn't Seem to Make Sense: An Inquiry Into Science, Philosophy, and Perception”, p.6, Sentient Publications

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• We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.

  Marcus Garvey

  Giving Up, Silly, Ideas

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• One of the great things about a free market is that it's inherently and indefatigably Darwinistic. Left to its own devices, a free market will eventually weed out the stupid from both 'ends' of the food chain otherwise described as supply and demand. As money is liberated from the hands of the stupid, those who would sell products or services to the stupid will eventually lose their share of the marketplace. Devoid of any 'benevolent' interference from government, the process is gloriously relentless, and cannot help but yield a successively smarter class of participants.

  Edward Britton

  Weed, Stupid, Government

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• I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.

  Dave Grohl

  Technology, Emotional, Thinking

  "Q&A: Dave Grohl on vinyl, Record Store Day". Interview with Patrick Ryan, www.usatoday.com. April 15, 2015.

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• I tried my hand at writing, I tried to write out a little script - and it's not too bad. Mostly, though, it let me understand how incredibly difficult that job is. I can't even imagine doing it on a weekly basis for a series in any way. That's tough. I think I'll try to leave that to smarter people than me.

  Nathan Fillion

  Jobs, Writing, Thinking

  "Nathan Fillion Inteview - WONDER WOMAN". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 28, 2009.

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• I think there's something so wonderful about being part of the process from the seed of the idea to seeing it come to life on a screen. And to have a hand in that creatively, not just showing up as an actor for hire.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Thinking, Ideas, Actors

  "Jennifer Aniston says she won't let tabloids steal her joy". Q&A, www.cbsnews.com. March 24, 2014.

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• It's so much better to hand over a finished book than having all these people waiting.

  Ernest Cline

  Book, People, Waiting

  "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.

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