To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it – this is a hard lesson. Great short quote and quotation by: Bruce Catton ,
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To us, the moment 8:17 A.M. means something – something very important, if it happens to be the starting time of our daily train. To our ancestors, such an odd eccentric instant was without significance – did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stevenson were part inventors of time. Great short quote […]
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Unknown, Epitaph on headstone of actor John Wayne (author unknown)
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight, very clean. When it arrives it is perfect. It puts itself in our hands. It hopes we learned something from yesterday. Great short quote and quotation by: Unknown, Epitaph on headstone of actor John Wayne (author unknown) , Quotations by unknown authors
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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance. Great […]
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a […]
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a […]
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We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right to be dignified by a natural grieving process. Something that required the best of you has ended. You will miss it. Great short quote and quotation by: Anne Wilson Schaef ,
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Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953
We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real? Great short quote and quotation by: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953 , US science fiction author (1920 – )
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We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head. Great short quote and quotation by: Dennis Miller ,
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Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College
What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers. Great short quote and quotation by: Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College ,
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