“ States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them. ”
- Niccolo Machiavelli- Copy
- 2.2K
“ There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world because of this cruel, man-eating idol, lucre. ”
- Edward Dahlberg- Copy
- 254
“ What is important is not to be able to read rapidly, but to be able to decide what not to read. ”
- James T. McCay- Copy
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“ When there is no feeling of accomplishment, children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline. ”
- Joseph Whitney- Copy
- 4K
“ To try to hit public taste in the drama is like trying to hit the bull's-eye of a rapidly shifting target on a very foggy day. ”
- George P. Baker- Copy
- 55
“ We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. ”
- James William Fulbright- Copy
- 200
“ There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. ”
- J. G. Holland- Copy
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“ With traditional notions of privacy being eviscerated almost daily, a new paradigm in political rhetoric rapidly is emerging. ”
- Ellen Warren- Copy
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“ Ideas can come from anywhere and at any time. The problem with making mental notes is that the ink fades very rapidly. ”
- Rolf Smith- Copy
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“ There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. ”
- Josiah Gilbert Holland- Copy
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“ Vladimir: That passed the time. Estragon: It would have passed in any case. Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly. ”
- Samuel Beckett- Copy
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“ Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. ”
- Quintilian- Copy
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“ The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place. ”
- Havelock Ellis- Copy
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“ Children are forced to live very rapidly in order to live at all. They are given only a few years in which to learn hundreds of thousands of things about life and the planet and themselves. ”
- Phyllis McGinley- Copy
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“ Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life. ”
- Brian Tracy- Copy
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“ I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly. ”
- R. Buckminster Fuller- Copy
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“ Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin. ”
- Quentin Crisp- Copy
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“ Unfortunately, moral beauty in art — like physical beauty in a person — is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as artistic or intellectual beauty. Moral beauty has a tendency to decay very rapidly into sententiousness or untimeliness. ”
- Susan Sontag- Copy
- 2K
“ Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize Man still is bound to rescue or maintain; That nature's God commands the slave to rise, And on the oppressor's head to break the chain. Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, Till not a slave shall on this earth by found. ”
- John Quincy Adams- Copy
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“ In the face of a rapidly changing world, the people of our beloved country have once again demonstrated a commitment to hard work and courage. It is now evident that everything that occurs beyond our borders can have a profound impact upon how we live, the problems with which we have to grapple and the quality of life, which our people will enjoy. ”
- Denzil Douglas- Copy
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“ As a result of these new conditions, the States, cities, and towns were welded together, and population and prosperity increased rapidly in those inland sections which had formerly languished because they had no means of easy and rapid communication. ”
- John Moody- Copy
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“ In the first round when Dempsey hit me with a left hook, I tried hard to continue, but I was rapidly losing my strength. My eye closed at that end of the third round and I realized that it would be useless for me to continue, as I could hardly see. It was hard to admit defeat, but Dempsey is the hardest puncher I ever faced. ”
- Jess Willard- Copy
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“ It should be encouraging to you to know that if you are now confronted by any kind of problem, personal or otherwise, there is a way to solve it, and you will find the way as rapidly and as surely as you apply to it the principles of divine truth. ”
- Grenville Kleiser- Copy
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“ Persons and societies do not submit passively to surroundings and events. They make choices as to the places where they live and the activities in which they engage — choices based on what they want to be, to do and to become. Furthermore, persons and societies often change their goals and ways; they can even retrace their steps and start in a new direction if they believe they are on a wrong course… ”
- Rene Dubos- Copy
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“ We must dare to think "unthinkable" thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about "unthinkable things" because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless. ”
- James William Fulbright- Copy
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