“ Yes! To this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other — instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. ”
- Edward Abbey- Copy
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“ The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
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“ And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first — an attempted suicide. ”
- Christine Chubbuck- Copy
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“ In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. ”
- Edward Bulwer Lytton- Copy
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“ To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a "home" might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation. ”
- Emily Post- Copy
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“ Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa — slightly off balance. ”
- Prince of Wales Charles- Copy
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“ The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, tired of common sense and civilization. ”
- F. L. Lucan- Copy
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“ Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar. ”
- Channing Pollock- Copy
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“ You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ''Failure'' is not the falling down, but the staying down. ”
- Mary Pickford- Copy
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“ The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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“ Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. ”
- Bishop Robert South- Copy
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“ We've got a newfound dedication to being the newsy alternative,... We've always intended to be that, but we haven't quite been as up to that as we should have. ”
- Jonathan Klein- Copy
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“ Modern man thinks he loses something — time — when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains — except kill it. ”
- Erich Fromm- Copy
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“ A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion. ”
- Ludwig Wittgenstein- Copy
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“ In the large cities that received new Americans, there flowered a golden age of restaurants, manned by the available talent from abroad and fueled by the restless wealth of the newly rich. ”
- David Schwartz- Copy
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“ My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? ”
- Bob Hope- Copy
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“ Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation. ”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt- Copy
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“ I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase. ”
- Henri B. Stendhal- Copy
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“ Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished. ”
- William Wordsworth- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Acquiring a player of Steve's level and talent is very exciting for this team. ”
- Larry Brown- Copy
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