Strict Quotes

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  I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

  Clint Eastwood

  Funny, Gun, Want

  "RJ Eskow: Confessions of a Gun Lover". Huffington Post, April 18, 2007.

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• I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

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• My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.

  Brigitte Bardot

  Grateful, Parent, Suffering

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• You can’t be good to others if you’re not strict with yourself. The more shallow you are with yourself, the harsher you are with others. The more profound you are with yourself, the more generous you are with others

  Tariq Ramadan

  Profound, Shallow, Be Good

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• Unfortunately there are some trends that are changing this but you don't have for example as strict and narrow understanding of the relationship between men and women. And then there is the philosophy we have to extract in the relationship between text and culture.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Philosophy, Men, Understanding

  Source: dinmerican.wordpress.com

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• I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

  Beverly Cleary

  Law, Grew Up, Leashes

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• The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

  Noam Chomsky

  Smart, Passivity Is, People

  Noam Chomsky (2013). “How the World Works”, p.234, Soft Skull Press

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• Everyone around me is so strict about keeping me grounded.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Grounded

  "Chloë Moretz: 'I'm not cussing and killing people - I'm normal'". Interview With Cath Clarke, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2011.

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• Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Long, Honor, World

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.157

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• Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

  Teresa of Avila

  Inspirational, Humility, Catholic

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “Book of the foundations. Minor prose works. Poems. Documents. Indices”

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• Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Sarcastic, Art

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2450, Delphi Classics

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• I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

  Nick Offerman

  Pounds, Moderation, Appetite

  "Ron Swanson of Parks & Rec vs. Nick Offerman: The Food Interview". Interview with Elina Shatkin, www.laweekly.com. November 22, 2011.

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• My mom was definitely very strict with me.

  Gloria Estefan

  Mom, My Mom

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• Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point in the strictly bureaucratic administration.

  Max Weber

  Unity, Administration, Cost

  Max Weber (2013). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.214, Routledge

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• More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

  Barbara Jordan

  Inspirational, Future, Government

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• I don't have storyboards, but I have some very strict rules, like not moving the camera.

  Lucile Hadzihalilovic

  Moving, Cameras, Strict Rules

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• She boasted the general battle-ax demeanor of an especially strict governess. This was the kind of woman who took her tea black, smoked cigars after midnight, played a mean game of cribbage, and kept a bevy of repulsive little dogs. Alexia liked her immediately.

  Gail Carriger

  Dog, Mean, Games

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• A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Patience, Listening, Patient

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• Up to the age of five, children should be given a lot of love. From the age of five to fifteen they should be brought up under strict discipline especially regarding their study. It is at that time that life's foundation is formed. Love without discipline will only spoil them. Above the age of fifteen children should be given maximum love otherwise they may go astray.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Children, Kids, Discipline

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• The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Goal, Soul

  Swami Vivekananda (1993). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

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• If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.

  Confucius

  People, And Love, Attention

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• The agency that is so strict on the way Americans keep their books cannot even pass a financial audit.

  Theodore Stevens

  Book, Agency, America

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• A fascinating mystery of nature is manifested in the universal fact of hunting: the inexorable hierarchy among living beings. Every animal is in a relationship of superiority or inferiority with regard to every other. Strict equality is exceedingly improbable and anomalous.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Hunting, Animal, Facts

  Jose Ortega y Gasset (2007). “Meditations on Hunting”, p.106, Wilderness Adventures Press

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• Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.

  Larry Holmes

  Fighting, Doctors, Umpires

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• I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?

  Joan Crawford

  Discipline, What Is Life

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