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• Necessity is often the spur to genius.

  Honore de Balzac

  Inspirational, Genius

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• Most humans know their own "reason" only in the sense that Hume defined it, as "a slave to the passions"-and by "passions" he meant not moral passions or the passions of transcendent genius, but only low appetites or base desires, which society and economy ultimately shape and spur on in us.

  Kenny Smith

  Philosophy, Passion, Desire

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• What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Motivation, Matter

  Grete Waitz, Gloria Averbuch (2000). “On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People”, Rodale Books

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• I'm sure Spurs will get another opportunity, hopefully before the final whistle.

  Steve Claridge

  Football, Opportunity, Finals

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• There's always been a fierce rivalry between Spurs and Tottenham.

  David Pleat

  Football, Fierce, Rivalry

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• I was disappointed to leave Spurs, but quite pleased that I did.

  Steve Perryman

  Football, Disappointed

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• One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me. It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God's holy ordinances shall be established again in the home, in the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord, to which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to God

  Abraham Kuyper

  Passion, Home, School

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• In the coming era of manned space exploration by the private sector, market forces will spur development and yield new, low-cost space technologies. If the history of private aviation is any guide, private development efforts will be safer, too.

  Burt Rutan

  Technology, Yield, Space

  "After the X Prize". www.wired.com. December 1, 2004.

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• I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything worthwhile, it certainly 'feels' like it happened on the spur of the moment, but it's a composite of lots of spurs of the moment, hopefully. And over time, you catch up with those, and then you have a full set of lyrics you've thought of and you feel comfortable singing.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Song, Writing, Editing

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• True understanding is the spur of genius

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Understanding, Mentor, Genius

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• Incentives are spurs that goad a man to do what he doesn't particularly like, to get something he does particularly want. They are rewards he voluntarily strives for.

  Paul G. Hoffman

  Work, Men, Doe

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• Worry, shame, and fear can't be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.

  Bill Crawford

  Worry, Energy, Glucose

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• Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of Congress. It depends on the relations of a people to their God. It is the churches to which we must look to develop the resources for the great moral offensive that is required to make human rights secure, and to win a just and lasting peace.

  John Foster Dulles

  Peace, Military, Winning

  John Foster Dulles (1960). “The Spiritual Legacy of John Foster Dulles: Selections from His Articles and Addresses”, Philadelphia : Westminister Press

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• 'Cap and trade' generates special interests, lobbyists, and trading schemes, yielding non-productive millionaires, all at public expense. The public is fed up with such business. Tax with 100% dividend, in contrast, would spur our economy, while aiding the disadvantaged, the climate, and our national security.

  James Hansen

  Special, Climate, Lobbyists

  A letter to Obama by James and Anniek Hansen, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2009.

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• Every week Rangers have different former players come out at half-time. Spurs should have a couple a former players on the board, who know what the supporters want.

  Graham Roberts

  Couple, Player, Fog

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• A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

  Douglas Hurd

  Iraq, Might, Democratic

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• The Spurs really are a family. They have a bunch of good guys that want to win, and the way they play is so unselfish. I’m looking forward to being involved in it. I feel that teams with players who are very close end up winning.

  LaMarcus Aldridge

  Team, Winning, Player

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• All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.

  C. Z. Guest

  Girl, Want, Today

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• If I ask you to plunge into the Ganga or to jump from the roof of a house, meaning it all for your good, could you do even that without any hesitations Just think of it even now; otherwise don't rush forward on the spur of the moment to accept me as your Guru.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Thinking, House, Spur Of The Moment

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3044, Manonmani Publishers

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• When traveling, I usually keep a notebook: when home at my desk, the notebook serves mainly to remind me how little I saw at the time, or rather how I was noticing the wrong things. But the notes do spur memories, and it's the memories I trust. The wine stain on the page may tell me more than the words there, which usually strike me as hopelessly inadequate.

  Jonathan Raban

  Notebook, Memories, Home

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• In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right.

  George S. Patton

  Encouraging, Believe, Responsibility

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• My wit is more polished than your mustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the cobblestones.

  Edmond Rostand

  Heart, Men, Mustache

  Edmond Rostand (1995). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, Talonbooks Limited

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• I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me ... I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie.

  Reggie Miller

  Years, Perfect, Rookies

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• The man who is an initiate of one of the great Mystery Schools never fears to let his pupils outdistance him, because he knows that it stands him in good stead with his superiors if he is constantly sending up to them aspirants who 'make good.' He therefore never tries to hold back a promising pupil, because he has no need to fear that pupil, if allowed to penetrate into the Mysteries, would spy out the nakedness of the land; he will rather bring back a report of its exceeding richness, and thereby confirm the statements of his teacher and spur his fellow pupils to yet greater eagerness.

  Dion Fortune

  Teacher, School, Men

  Dion Fortune (2016). “Esoteric Orders And Their Work”, p.52, Dion Fortune

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• As Hoffman later lamented, “The reality distortion field can serve as a spur, but then reality itself hits.

  Joanna Hoffman

  Reality, Fields, Distortion

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