Quotes of Arnold J. Toynbee

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I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can write a book.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

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“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

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- Siri Lindley

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“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

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- Sajal Ahmed

“ A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring. ”

- Pat Cher

“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Our own selfesteem is something we can actually twist in whatever way we want. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

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- Tom Robbins

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

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- Kazuo Ishiguro

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- Genereux Philip

“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. ”

- Ronald Reagan

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- Ruth Soukup

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- Carla Olson Gade

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ Anything that makes weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. ”

- Swami Vivekananda

“ Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ”

- Mark Twain

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- K. Flay