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hero blood race
No one knows where he who invented the plow was born, nor where he died; yet he has done more for humanity than the whole race of heroes who have drenched the earth with blood and whose deeds have been handed down with a precision proportionate only to the mischief they wrought. Charles Caleb Colton
hero tired voice
It feels wonderful to be go back to the 1940s and recreate the whole era through my clothes, voice and body language. I am tired of playing the larger-than-life hero. Akshay Kumar
hero world wonder
God is raising up His heroes and the time will come when they will appear and the world will wonder where they came from. Aiden Wilson Tozer
hero remember knows
We can be in our day what the heroes of faith were in their day - but remember at the time they didn't know they were heroes.
hero people villain
People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them. Chris Colfer
hero thinking hunting
We are hunting the demons that haunt others. We get a smell and off we go. And you know why, Sunil? You know why we are so good at hunting the demons of others? Because we are so good, gifted even, at stalking and evading our own. But all demons hunters think that they are really heroes, and you know what all heroes need? Chris Abani
hero skills destined
...where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it? China Mieville
hero pride reflection
Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes; his life and fortunes had depended on the caprice of a tyrant; and, when he ascended the throne, his pride was sometimes mortified by the reflection that the slaves who would not dare to censure his defects were not worthy to applaud his virtues. Edward Gibbon
hero faces danger
To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero. Edmond Rostand
skills honey taste
Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.
skills generations novelists
We're currently living with a generation of established novelists who are embarrassingly out of date with respect to social networking, internet skills, and so on. Charles Stross
skills perception taoism
But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day. Alan Watts
skills age lucky
And the maestro surely wielded the chairman's baton with extraordinary skill. His stellar record suggests that the only right answer to the age-old question of whether it is better to be lucky or good may be: both. Alan Blinder
skills mind soil
In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill . . .
skills energy kind
Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. David Hockney
skills ideas judgement
Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced the rest of us. Audrey Meadows
skills differences survival
Those of us forged in the crucibles of difference know that survival is not an academic skill. Audre Lorde
skills circles differences
Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are black, who are older - know that survival is not an academic skill...For the master's tools will not dismantle the master's house. They will never allow us to bring about genuine change.
destined foster guarantee hope permanent population segment spent
When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter. Jackie Speier
destined
I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains. Buffalo Bill
destined soar spirit
The spirit that does not soar is destined to grovel Benjamin Disraeli
destined girl growing harder incredibly knew nickname prove tells time work
I knew from the time I was a young girl that I was destined to be a writer. I'm incredibly stubborn. The more someone tells me I can't do something, the harder I work to prove them wrong. My father's nickname for me when I was growing up was 'Hardhead.' Lori Wilde
destined hard managers people
I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people. Tom Rath
destined european gas ground information russian shows ukraine
We have information from the ground that shows Ukraine has started illegally siphoning off Russian gas destined for European consumers. Sergei Kupriyanov
destined since
I've been wanting to have a baby since I was 2 years old - I'm destined to be a mother. Alicia Silverstone
destined monkey slippery trees
The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery
destined happens life meant
Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets. Zlatan Ibrahimovic