Wells Quotes - Page 27

• Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

  Francois Fenelon

  Funny, Humorous, People

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• Nothing serves life and soundness of body so well, nor is so necessary as the smoke of the royal plant, tobacco.

  Cornelis Bontekoe

  Smoking, Body, Royal

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• MY INSPIRATION has always been Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who smoked and drank every day and died a few years ago at the age of 122. When asked the secret of her longevity, she replied: 'I laugh a lot.' Well you would, wouldn't you.

  Victoria Coren Mitchell

  Inspiration, Years, Laughing

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• The first task is to get to know the players really well-watching them as individuals in training and in match play-to see what is good in their natural game. Then, and only then, can we begin to outline the general tactics.

  Helenio Herrera

  Soccer, Player, Games

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• If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable.

  Beau Brummell

  Fashion, People, Looks

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• To resolve such conflicts peacefully in our interdependent - or what I would like to call our intra-interdependent - world requires not just well-chosen words but sustained and unified action.

  Prince Hassan bin Talal

  World, Action, Conflict

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• In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense.

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Mean, Compassion, Giving Money

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• Nothing grows well without space and air.

  Patricia Monaghan

  Relationship, Air, Space

  Patricia Monaghan (1999). “The Office Oracle: Wisdom at Work”, Llewellyn Worldwide Limited

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• The fact that some people are opposed on religious grounds mainly, well, that doesn't bother me as long as they're not allowed to influence other people by force or by whatever other means.

  Henry Morgentaler

  Religious, Mean, Long

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• I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.

  Adelbert von Chamisso

  Daughter, Mother, Giving

  Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.63, Mondial

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• People keep repeating that the main things are love and compassion. Certainly love and compassion are the main things, but it takes knowledge to make love and compassion fruitful. ... It takes just a second to say 'love'. But to acquire knowledge for the well-being and blessing of humanity requires an eternity.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Spiritual, Blessing, Compassion

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• For a time, it would work well. then it worked less and my pain was more. I would go through wild bouts of depression, horrible comedowns. I understand why kids kill themselves. I absolutely do. You feel terrible. You feel soul-less. "I'll never do it to my child".

  Channing Tatum

  Children, Pain, Kids

  "Channing Tatum Talks Fatherhood, Says He’ll Never Medicate His Child for Learning Disabilities", www.vanityfair.com. June 4, 2013.

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• I was the one small brunete among tall blondes. You only get one body, might as well love it. Nothing is the end of the world. Flash forward a year and ask, "Is this really going to be that big of a deal? In the long run, it's really not".

  Lucy Hale

  Running, Years, Long

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• When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Moving

  "The Art of War". Book by Sun Tzu, Chapter VI · Weaknesses and Strengths, 2003.

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• A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position. Finally, he asked to be made a tide-waiter. When he saw he could not get that, he asked me for an old pair of trousers. It is sometimes well to be humble.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Humble, Pairs, Tides

  Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, James Ford Rhodes, John Esten Cooke (2017). “CIVIL WAR – Complete History of the War, Documents, Memoirs & Biographies of the Lead Commanders: Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant & William T. Sherman, Biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee, The Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Presidential Orders & Actions”, p.797, Madison & Adams Press

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• I have found that great people do have in common. . .an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.

  Yousuf Karsh

  Determination, Integrity, Hard Work

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• From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others, and considering well what they say. Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating. Gently but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.

  Walt Whitman

  Integrity, Listening To Others, Independence

  Walt Whitman “Annotated LEAVES OF GRASS with English Grammar Exercises: by Walt Whitman (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Would you like Fox's right to free press put up to a vote and say well, if five states have approved it, let's wait till the other 45 states do?

  Ted Olson

  Integrity, Waiting, Foxes

  "Ted Olson: Would FOX like its right to free speech put up to a vote?", chicago.gopride.com. August 9, 2010.

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• Woven into our lives is the very fire from the stars and the genes from the sea creatures, and everyone, utterly everyone, is kin in the radiant tapestry of being. This relationship is not external or extrinsic to our identity but wells up as the defining truth from our deepest being.

  Elizabeth A. Johnson

  Stars, Integrity, Fire

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• Living well is the best revenge.

  George Herbert

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.308

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• I am quite sure they are a little bit angry, they want revenge. I think they've wanted that since Monday morning. They look forward to the game, they've been waiting several days now so the players will react very well.

  Sven-Goran Eriksson

  Monday, Morning, Revenge

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• That race was so hard and I am very happy with the result in the end. Michelin did a great job with the tyres ? the grip on the edge was unbelievable! When I opened the throttle there was so much traction it was incredible. My team has done a great job and even if we didn't win we improved again in the World Championship. It is good to be the best Michelin finisher and the first Honda home as well. I'm confident in Malaysia that we can take revenge on Bridgestone! They did a great job and Loris rode very hard ? congratulations to them. A good battle to watch for the fans I think.

  Max Biaggi

  Jobs, Revenge, Team

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• I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants are swamped by too much water or lamps by too much oil; that our minds, held fast and encumbered by so many diverse preoccupations, may well lose the means of struggling free, remaining bowed and bent under the load; except that it is quite otherwise: the more our souls are filled, the more they expand; examples drawn from far-off times show, on the contrary, that great soldiers ad statesmen were also great scholars.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Educational, Struggle, Mean

  Michel de Montaigne (1991). “The essays of Michel de Montaigne”, Lane, Allen

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• It's an incredible feeling, 110,000 people energy at that level. What I realized from watching the first day of competition was that athletes that got excited and happy and got the fans into it and clapping, they did better. The athletes that took it too seriously, they didn't do as well as they'd hoped.

  Gabe Jennings

  Running, Athlete, People

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• You can't become a winner overnight, or even in a couple of years-it takes time... You will lose races and you will have to accept that, learn from it and believe that you'll win the next one, knowing that you'll probably lose that as well. All the time you have to keep believing that one day you will win.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Running, Couple, Believe

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