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wise art stars
[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is an underlying oneness of all things, it does not matter where we begin, whether with stars, or laws of supply and demand, or frogs, or Napoleon Bonaparte. One measures a circle, beginning anywhere. Charles Fort
wise vegas guy
When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great. Don Rickles
wise war preparation
It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war. Clara Barton
wise shoes feet
For me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet. Debby Ryan
wise drinking dying
A wise person once wrote, “Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person would die.” But the only one dying is ourselves. Debbie Ford
wise stupid brutal
The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid. Douglas Preston
wise differences speech
It's a wise person who knows the difference between free speech and cheap talk. Doug Larson
wise cheating eye
A grifter's got an irresistible urge to be the guy who's wise. There's nothin' to whipping a fool. Hell, fools are made to be whipped. But to take another pro. Even your partner, who knows you and has his eye on you. That's a score! No matter what happens. Donald E. Westlake
wise dying innocence
The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future. Don DeLillo
character honor foundation
The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad. Arthur Schopenhauer
character
I like to take a character and develop it Alison Lohman
character men actors
Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are. Alfred Molina
character writing target-audience
Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find you. Alex Borstein
character fighting self
Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning. Aldous Huxley
character fate reality
It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque. Albert Einstein
character community produce
...Intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the community.
character race ideas
An important advance in the life of a people is the transformation of the religion of fear into the moral religion. But one must avoid the prejudice that regards the religions of primitive peoples as pure fear religions and those of the civilized races as pure moral religions. All are mixed forms, though the moral element predominates in the higher levels of social life. Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of the idea of God.
character greatness difficult-questions
Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling the most basic and difficult questions.
greatness men poetry
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events. John Drinkwater
greatness men world
The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe