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persistence white maintenance
Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo. Wesley Morris
persistence people danger
What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger. Wangari Maathai
persistence long fruit
For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy persistence. I felt as though Sonoko were an abyss above which I stood poised. Yukio Mishima
persistence quality needs
At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is what politicians, seducers and currency speculators have, but persistence is a quality found in termites. It's the blind drive to keep on working that persists after confidence breaks down. Walter Kirn
persistence independence apathy
[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity. James Joyce
persistence goal weakness
You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power. Napoleon Hill
persistence opportunity goal
Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these are the martial virtues which must command success Austin Phelps
persistence winning sea
Most fisherman, including this one, cling to their pet stupidities as they would to a battered briar or an old jacket; and their dogged persistence in wrong methods and general wrong-headedness finally wins the a sort of grudging admiration, if not many fish. John D. Voelker
persistence secret conviction
The secret of success is conviction and persistence. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
self
It can be absurd, cantankerous, self-destructive and pompous, but it is never crass Peter Roebuck
self vision
His vision is impaired, and he will never be self-sufficient, Matt Bingham
self waste precious-things
To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time. Anton LaVey
selfishness satanism form
Satanism represents a form of controlled selfishness.
self years levels
Usually for a movie, if you want a 13-year-old, you get a 16-year-old who looks 13, because 13-year-olds dont have that level of self-awareness. Robbie Coltraine
self forgotten truest
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self. Richard Paul Evans
self world wonderful
Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around. Richard Holbrooke
self sick narcissistic
To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption. Richard Hofstadter
selfish sacrifice benefits
What you cannot have is a gene that sacrifices itself for the benefit of other genes. What you can have is a gene that makes organisms sacrifice themselves for other organisms under the influence of selfish genes. Richard Dawkins
able wonderful just-one
I've never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can? Rebecca West
able known direct
For me, I've just always known that women were more than capable of being able to direct. Rose McIver
able score century
The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be. Virat Kohli
able
You have to be able to enthral and persuade at the same time. Riccardo Muti
able crave
Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it. Rob Bell
able reputation
I guess somehow I got a reputation of being able to dance. Uma Thurman
able wanted edges
I've always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge Robin Wright
able neglected parachutes
I once cured an amateur skydiver of acute acrophobia. Now you could say he was all right because he was able to jump, but you could also say he was not all right because he was so stoned he neglected to open his parachute. Robert Preston
able influence cases
The Israelis have a lot of influence with Congress, and in some cases they are able to buy influence. Zbigniew Brzezinski