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achieve changed chinese-philosopher courtesy guided obey observe principles rules
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. Xun Zi
achieve excellence quit
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. Thomas J. Watson
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What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly what happens to kids. I see literature as a method of guidance, information, and contemplation, and consider it the greatest compliment possible when a reader tells me that a book of mine really made him/her think. Wendelin Van Draanen
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People without children do have the freedom to do things that caring parents with dependent kids can't - to work long hours, to travel frequently, to relocate, and to do all these things on short notice if necessary. In return, they can achieve positions that devoted parents can't. Virginia Postrel
achieved believe business exciting investment returns successes
I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful! Bill Gates
achieve change leaders life point purpose system
The whole point of all of this - why we are here, why the world is here, and why we have the political system and leaders that we do - is to achieve change. This is the purpose of life. Yehuda Berg
achieve personal
My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to write 800-1,200 words. I don't always achieve it, and the reality is that a lot of the words I write will end up on the cutting-room floor. Chris Bohjalian
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I've played under some of the biggest and best managers and achieved almost everything in football. Of course it hurts when people question it, but I've come to the end of my career and can look back and say I've achieved everything with every club that I've played for. David Beckham
achieve budget central circumstance discipline economic economy fiscal five forward hard last point steps strategy strong undo worked
The overarching point of the president's economic strategy going forward in the 1999 budget is clear: under no circumstances should we take any steps that will undo the fiscal discipline that we have worked so hard to achieve and has been so central to our strong economy of the last five years. Robert Rubin
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Morocco is completely alive for me because I spent about a third of my life there. The first few times I went back to Casablanca, I walked through the streets and remembered how years earlier I had walked those same streets and prayed that a miracle would happen and I would leave and become famous. Gad Elmaleh
alive avalanche bury fallen life mean men
The men have piled up in my past, have fallen trenchantly through my life, like an avalanche that doesn't mean to kill but is going to bury me alive just the same. Elizabeth Wurtzel
alive biggest death express fear taking
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.
alive parents people shelter whether
The people at the shelter had no idea whether the parents were alive or dead,
alive came games past team
The past two games we've been a team funk. We just came alive in that first inning (Tuesday).
alive declare draws forth god invite jesus life lord love seeds truth word words
God's Word is alive and powerful! When you declare these words over your life, the truth of God's Word draws forth the seeds of love that God deposits into us when we invite Jesus to be our Lord and Savior. Victoria Osteen
alive forward keeping moving musicians stockholm time tradition
A lot of young musicians in Stockholm are about keeping tradition alive and moving it forward at the same time. Neneh Cherry
alive movies tony
Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star. Nicolas Roeg
alive either remote viewers
A 'live' show is either alive or not. Free speech is free or it is not. Viewers are free to use their remote or TiVo. Parents are responsible or they are not. Frank Pierson
average music people understanding
People get comfort from music. They get joy from it and understanding from it, and most of all, the average person can't do without it in some sense. Todd Rundgren
average par player rough time wear yards
If you put me in the fairway at my average distance into a par 4, 175 to 180 yards, and you put another player in the rough 120 yards from the green, over time, I'm going to wear him out. Zach Johnson
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While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation. Warren Farrell
average buff guy jackie lazy moves point smarter work
I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe. Wentworth Miller
average below city league needs policy welcome
The policy is that if the average temperature is below 50 degrees, then the city needs a dome. That being said, any league city is welcome to make a presentation.
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The outlook remains unchanged, but the business has to pedal faster on subscriber growth to offset falling average revenue per user in order to meet expectations.
averaged fewer major number
The 1940s through the 1960s experienced an above-average number of major hurricanes, while the 1970s into the mid-1990s averaged fewer hurricanes. Max Mayfield
average behind factor farm good hills hour miles per power site speeds wind
That was a good site for that wind farm on the hills behind Kennewick. They get average wind speeds of 14 to 16 miles per hour consistently so they have a good power factor for those wind turbines.
average confidence lost means played
We played pretty average and we only lost by one. So by no means have we lost a lot of confidence in ourselves.
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
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A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
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I was the only child born to Josephine Perry that survived. Mama had six other children before me, and all had passed very quickly and very young, all succumbing to a combination of illness and disease and the lack of strength to fight off both. Isabel Sanford
born demanded entire life maintained peace seems throughout
I was born in 1962, and it seems that throughout my entire life the world has demanded peace but maintained conflict. Chuck Palahniuk
born man
Man is not born to atheism. He is born to believe. Billy Graham
born might options pilot
The Pilot was born in desperation. When all your other options are closed, you might as well try to do the right thing. Jeff Hawkins
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The PIATCO contract was not entered into by the administration, it was in fact nullified by it. The North Rail, and other government projects and charges of diversion allegations of public funds for campaign activities, are also not borne out by facts. Ramon Magsaysay
born children memory partly perfume since smell spices sure winter yearning
One thing I always make - and I'm sure this is partly to do with memory and yearning and because I've made it ever since my children were born - I make gingerbread every year. And it's partly just the perfume of the spices in the house, makes it smell like winter to me.
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'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Big, big, big smash for me. My birth of the love of cinema was born with 'Close Encounters' and '2001.' Those sci-fi movies I saw when I was a little kid. Denis Villeneuve
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Japanese is a very strange foreign language for European people.
european poems power realise rival sweep
To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for sweep and power has been exciting. Giles Foden
european life
If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians. Zubin Mehta
european
Boston has a lot of European qualities to it, and one of them is the charm of its above-ground trollies. David Walton
europe average succeed
The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others. Bernard Berenson
europe compare continents
If we compare Europe with other continents, it is marked out as [another] persecuting continent. Bertrand Russell
european positions proposals
The American and European positions have got to move. It is about making new proposals on agriculture. Gordon Brown
european measures raised steps taken touched
We have already taken all steps necessary. Once it has touched European soil, then we have raised all the measures we should take,
europe mix proper success sure
We have the Vodafone contract, we are back in Europe and we will make sure the mix is proper with success on the pitch. Peter Kenyon
european foreign japanese language strange
Japanese is a very strange foreign language for European people.
european poems power realise rival sweep
To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for sweep and power has been exciting.
european life
If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
european
Boston has a lot of European qualities to it, and one of them is the charm of its above-ground trollies.
european positions proposals
The American and European positions have got to move. It is about making new proposals on agriculture.
european measures raised steps taken touched
We have already taken all steps necessary. Once it has touched European soil, then we have raised all the measures we should take,
european handmade large selection
We have a large selection of European and handmade papers.
european grateful homework ourselves spain support trust union
We have been very grateful of the support from Spain and the European Union but we also feel we have to do our homework ourselves and not only trust our friends but also trust ourselves.
european hard money pushes time
Most of the European money now is off TV, and they're having a hard time now with anything that pushes the envelope. George Romero
four gun guy officer pointed police turned
The police officer said, 'Drop the gun!' He said it four times. The guy just turned around and pointed the gun right at the cops.
fourth
I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade. Bruce Coville
four interact kids people school
Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three or four black kids in the class. Big Sean
fourth people until
I would say it wasn't until my fourth season on 'SNL' where people or my agent was saying, 'You're an actor.' I never thought of it that way. Bill Hader
fourth man
I don't know if he was the fourth man or the fifth, but he was certainly in the top 10. Christine Keeler
four girls inspired run
I am one of four girls and was inspired by my father to dream big. Some girls want to be doctors, but I wanted to run a company. Denise Morrison
four herself living looking raised six
I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it was very hard, so I was looking after my sister, cooking and cleaning, and she had four jobs. Natalia Vodianova
four infinity clue
I'm only a four-dimensional creature. Haven't got a clue how to visualise infinity. Even Einstein hadn't. I know because I asked him Carl Sagan
four towns benefits
Four times I was honked at for having the temerity to proceed through town without the benefit of metal. Bill Bryson
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Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior. Yannick Noah
french-athlete
Your child is happy. What else could you want?
french-writer
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
french-writer
How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?
french-writer useful
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
french-writer man
A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
french-writer
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
french invade letter
I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England. William John Wills
french-celebrity
'I realize they say we are 'wacko' and 'out there, but we are the most rational of all. Brigitte Boisselier
impossible language needed
It is impossible to disassociate language from science...To call forth a concept, a word is needed. Antoine Lavoisier
impossible
That (will be) an impossible task, I'll tell you right now.
impossible stay trying
We're still trying to stay under the radar. It's impossible right now.
impossible somebody unlucky
I thought it would be impossible for somebody to get that unlucky again. So much went wrong; they had everything but locusts.
impossible wanted
What I really wanted was the impossible. Becca Fitzpatrick
impossible daydreaming easy
Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy. B. J. Novak
impossible life relationship shift sudden work
I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden shift in my life and my relationship to my work, and it didn't feel it was impossible to make a film like that. Chiwetel Ejiofor
impossible issue ongoing proved
ongoing issue which has proved impossible to resolve.
impossible travel
I wouldn't have travel plans. If this thing pans out, it may be practically impossible to go anywhere. Mike Evans
league surprise unbeaten
Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. Arsene Wenger
league petition week
We could just petition for a week off. But I don't think the league will let us do that.
league likely teams
Typically, this league is not that way. We know we've got to keep improving, and we know teams aren't likely to keep sweeping.
league vision needs
He's got everything - good vision, his speed, his shot, all those intangibles that you need to be a superstar in this league. He has it all. John Wesley
league win won
We haven't won a league championship in 18 years, so it was important for us to win tonight.
league personnel
You just wonder,'' said one league personnel man. Earl Campbell
league move shocked wins
I'm shocked we're 19th. I don't think that's right. We have the best-ranked league in the section. Once we get more wins under our belt, we'll move up.
league overall problem suffers
The problem is the overall league suffers if you don't have stars,
league short surprise
It doesn't surprise me, because this is a league that has a short memory.
litter logos problems rid trying university
We're trying to get rid of all the other university logos that just litter our campus. We don't have any problems with those schools, but we don't want to see their logos on our campus. Brandon Jones
littering pathways talent
We can tell much by what we have already willing discarded along the pathway of discipleship. It is the only pathway where littering is permissible, even encouraged. In the early stages, the debris left behind includes the grosser sins of commission. Later debris differs; things begin to be discarded which have caused the misuse or underuse of our time and talent. Neal A. Maxwell
littering trash humans
It's called loitering, which is like littering with human beings as the trash. Neal Shusterman
major
I have major credibility as a hip, out-there documentary filmmaker, and I'm not going to say, 'I'm only a drama filmmaker' anymore. Gillian Armstrong
major time
I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.' Buck Leonard
major spoiled watch
I hate when the major event of a show I watch is spoiled for me. And I'm wracked with guilt when/if I spoil something for someone else.
majority music
For me, the majority of my music is really dark and to the point. Bridget Kelly
major studios themselves time touch touching wide
There's no question that the '70s themselves were really wide open. There was just so much being done at that time. Every year, the major studios were commissioning things that they would never touch today or even thought of touching in the 1950s.
majority movement represents
The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country. Tony Benn
major pressure trying wish
The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off. Steve Forbes
major pinnacle players proud softball
The ASA Major Championship is the pinnacle of women's major softball during the summer. I'm really proud of all the players that contributed to that team. Sue Enquist
major matter problem
We have a major, major problem on our hands, ... It is a matter of very, very substantial urgency. Arlen Specter
national noticed played players swedish
When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
national save
The national nonprofit I founded, 'KaBOOM!,' is on a mission to save play for America's children, and has long been championing the cause in high-need communities.
national nine school students theater
I started studying theater in school, and then I got into drama school at, like, 19, and it was a national drama school in Montreal, and so it was just you and nine other students for three years, and it was really intense. Francois Arnaud
national people proud saying today
We have the right to be proud in saying that today was a day of national consensus, ... So congratulations to our people for their constitution. Jalal Talabani
national top winning within
Winning a national championship. You really can't top that. ... I feel like I'll be kind of underachieving within myself if I don't win a championship before I leave. Maurice Ager
national pact win
We made a pact that we were going to win a national championship. Now, we need to get it done.
national outsource wants
John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security. Zell Miller
national problem railway safety
The problem of railway safety has by now become a national emergency.
national tragedies
Those are tragedies that have to be addressed on a national level. Rod Smith
perhaps
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
performance
It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real. Gin Wigmore
perhaps periods
When I've had my periods of unemployment, I'll get these e-mails from my father: 'I've read that the LAPD has a reservist program. Perhaps that's something you'd be interested in taking a look at.'
perform
I asked the question, 'Will I ever perform again?' Brian Harvey
perform
You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar. Brendon Urie
personal
My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.
periods trying
I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more. Neal Asher
perishable
I am not the perishable body, but the eternal Self. Ramana Maharshi
performers persons
Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person. Carrie Preston
pigs dignity devotion
It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of life , and that unless contemplation of eternal things is preserved, mankind will become no better than well-fed pigs.
pigs healthcare guinea
The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves. Camille Paglia
pigs giving mind
If a pig could give his mind to anything, he would not be a pig. Charles Dickens
pigs oysters turkeys
Heaped on the floor were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, bartrels of oysters, re-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam.
pigs people trying
Just watch. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I'm just telling you, when you've got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns on you. That's rule No. 1 of business. Mark Cuban
pigs whether
Whether there are pigs (left) there or not, we have to see this thing through.
pigs lucky concrete
I'm quite lucky, because I've got a small, decorative concrete pig. Bill Bailey
pigs people watches
Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct. Beth Henley
pigs cities london
I was born on a pig farm in Norfolk. We grew up in the city called Norwich in Norfolk, then I moved to London when I was thirteen. Beth Orton
producers
I think I've been asked a lot more than most TV producers to go on-camera. But I just do what I do and don't think about the package. Chris Carter
producers belle protective
On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me. Catherine Deneuve
producers
There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with. Michael Keaton
producers automobile vehicle
You cannot buy a bad automobile any more from any producer. We have to do more products not because we're looking at a particular segment, but because it's a great vehicle. Bob Lutz
producers work
We produce, and we have producers we work with. Wyclef Jean
producers ifs
If no producer, no movie. Dino De Laurentiis
producers entropy humans
I'm a human entropy producer. Dean Kamen
producers
The producers want us to sell, sell, sell. That's my little joke. That's what we do by day; by night, we're artists. Mike Nichols
producers
The producers probably won't like this, but I always describe her as Peppermint Patty on acid. Mindy Cohn
sixth thick
From sixth grade on I was a real Pillsbury doughboy. Overweight, long hair, thick glasses. David Keith
sixth
I remember when I was in the sixth grade, my friends used to come over and we would give each other blindfolded makeovers, which turned out interestingly to say the least! Bethany Mota
sixth-sense
I didn't make 'The Sixth Sense' because I thought the ending wouldn't work! Amy Pascal
sixth year
This is the sixth year we've (hosted the memorial). John Ferguson
sixth socrates stature
Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.
sixth
In the sixth grade, I auditioned for a play called 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.' I got the lead, and I was terrified, but I went and did it.
tables rooms notes
There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young. Carrie Snodgress
table talk
I can't really talk as to what they're considering doing because there's too many things on the table right now.
table worse
I can't see anything worse than what they put on the table today.
tables uniforms t-shirt
My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs. Caio Fonseca
tables sandpaper method
Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair. If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table. Alan Cooper
tables actors intuitive
I'm not one of those actors who sits around the table and intellectualizing anything, or discusses much of anything. Everything for me is intuitive and instinctive. Chris Bauer
tables levels multiplication
Keep computations to the lowest level of the multiplication table. David Hilbert
tables welcome dishes
A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish. William Shakespeare
tables revolutionary multiplication
Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table. Calvin Coolidge