“ Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood. ”
- Colin Firth- Copy
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“ The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake. ”
- Arnold J. Toynbee- Copy
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“ Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. ”
- Earl Warren- Copy
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“ As I say, I'm not sure I'd have undertaken it… Oh, yeah, I would. They were offering me a hell of a lot of money. ”
- Robert Parker- Copy
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“ Parenting is an awesome task. It is my job as a professional to be sure that mothers, fathers and entire families see it also as the most rewarding one they have ever undertaken. ”
- Ruth W. Lubic- Copy
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“ The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries. ”
- Blaise Pascal- Copy
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“ Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ No great deed, private or public, had ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty. ”
- Leon Wieseltier- Copy
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“ gradual change is usually more fruitful in the long run than is forced, ultra-aggressive upheaval. Undertaken wisely, steady transitions cultivate authenticity, groundedness, and virtues — like patience, compassion, and perseverance. All these qualities improve your probability of success when, ultimately, you do figure out how to actualize your personal vision. ”
- Marsha Sinetar- Copy
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“ The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. ”
- George Washington- Copy
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“ I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ It is, perhaps, not generally known that the Portuguese, as early as 1710, had a fair knowledge of the Amazons; but the information gathered by their Government, from various expeditions undertaken on a grand scale, was long withheld from the rest of the world, through the jealous policy which ruled in their colonial affairs. ”
- Henry Walter Bates- Copy
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“ When a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize… ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service. ”
- Socrates- Copy
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“ There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness…is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken… ”
- Malcolm Muggeridge- Copy
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