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I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products. Richard Wagner

Hate Joy Will Men Big Machines Tendency Factories Lead Cheap Efforts Them Plan Deprive Products Chain Growing Fast

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me. Alberto Giacometti

Me Once Has-Been Object Constructed Tendency Facts Been Discover Impressions Moved Which Transformed Displaced Deeply Images

Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments. Amy Chua

Parenting Balance Strict Think Too Way Harsh Adjustment Would Tried Find See Some Tendency Could Between Indulgent Permissive Traditional West Done The Hardest Thing Which Again Chinese If I Could Ever Hardest Hardest Thing Thing Raised

Power is a very peculiar thing. It's like the ego. The ego's only there to keep you above water. Once we realize something good about ourselves, we have a tendency to abuse the gift. Billy Dee Williams

It's about trying to step out of being patterned and closed off and reclusive, which I've always had a problem with. It's about attempting to be normal and just go out and be around other people and hang out. I have a tendency to sometimes be pretty closed off and not see people for long periods of time and not call anyone. Chris Cornell

Time People Problem Sometimes Long Closed Other Reclusive Out See Pretty About Tendency Long Periods Had Attempting Step Periods Call Around Always Go Normal Off Trying Hang Just Being Anyone Which

'Balthazar' is very much about the title hero having to choose between his past and his future. For the first time in a long time, he has a chance to be happy - with Skye. But he has this terrible tendency to set himself up for heartbreak, in part because he punishes himself for his past. Claudia Gray

Future Time Be Happy Happy Hero Long Long Time First Past About Having Tendency He Part Between Terrible Himself Because First Time His Up Very Heartbreak Title Much Choose Chance Set

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war. Donald Rumsfeld

Death War Tendency Encourage Depressing View

We have ground for believing that a noble form of socialism existed among the prehistoric and primitive people on this planet, the people that broke into restless groups after the ancient Deluge and went wandering over the globe. For we find a socialist tendency in all the barbaric tribes of earth. Edwin Markham

Socialism People Earth Broke Tribes Ancient Find Restless Tendency Deluge Noble Over Primitive Globe Existed Wandering Form After Barbaric Planet Prehistoric Ground Groups Socialist Among Believing

I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there's this natural human tendency because of our culture to think that the more people I talk to, the bigger the impact I'll have, and yet Jesus didn't spend His time just speaking to the masses. He spent the bulk of his time with a small group of people. Francis Chan

Time Culture Natural People Group Think Our Interviews Spend Spent Impact More Small More People Crowds Tendency Could Small Group He Talk Masses Because Bulk Doing His Human Just Bigger Speaking Whole Fill Jesus

Our human tendency is to be impatient with the person who cannot see the truth that is so plain to us. We must be careful that our impatience is not interpreted as condemnation or rejection. Henry B. Eyring

Truth Rejection Our Must Be Careful See Impatience Impatient Tendency Condemnation Person Human Cannot Plain Us Who Interpreted Careful

This circulating medium has a natural tendency to lessen by degrees the value and the use of money, and finally to render it powerless; and consequently to sweep away all the crushing masses of fraud, iniquity, cruelty, corruption and imposition that are built upon it. Josiah Warren

Corruption Natural Money Value Cruelty Medium Finally Fraud Degrees Tendency Crushing Powerless Masses Render Built Imposition Sweep Natural Tendency Use Lessen Iniquity Away Consequently

By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action. Mahavira

Man Action Harmonious Physical Mental Tendency Sincerity Linguistic Gains Speech

The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference. Maria Montessori

Work Creative Rudeness Expectation Patient Symptom State Adolescence Indifference Tendency Had He Self-Confidence Towards Becomes Very Chief Child Which Sensitive Creative Work Suddenly Suffered Strengthening Need

There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong. Peter Welch

Politics You Confidence People Progress Disagree Too Bad Would Find Some Someone Give More Tendency Wrong Sooner Make Attribute Got Motivation Quickly Than Common Common Ground Much Ground Harder Right

Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects. Pope Francis

Positive News Women Sometimes Negative Focus Men Men And Women Out Scandal Exaggerated Rather Risk Tendency Thus Journalists Sin Come Does Becoming Spread Than Often Which Manipulated Aspects Ill

There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is gone, we don't have to worry about these guys again.' We always have to be worried about them, we always have to be concerned about them, and we have to be well-informed. Russ Feingold

War Gone Cold Cold War Worried Worry Hey Say About Guys Tendency Part Over Concerned Well-Informed Always American Soviet Soviet Union Again Them Us Union

I think there are universal principles that we should want to understand, but that are not necessarily good for us. We could recognise universal propensities which current cultures can't fully eradicate, which we would want to eradicate if we could. Let's say, a tendency for tribal violence. Or racism. Sam Harris

I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful. Shia LaBeouf

You Mistake Problem College Down Preparation Tendency Never Scholarship Yale Dice Roll Want The Problem With Turned Successful Productivity Prepare

The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent. Tammy Duckworth

History Nation Our Immigrants Tendency Throughout Undeniable Overlook Persistent Efforts American Contributions African Native African Americans Native Americans Gallant Pervasive

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Good Knowledge Men Whatever Logic Tendency Make Theory

For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all. Wangari Maathai

Me Problem Overcome Cause Problems Trees Symptoms Once Ourselves Would Would-Be Able Tendency Major Beyond Look Causes Often Move Just Whereas Root Planting Reasons

I think the Baby Boom does have a tendency to get its nose in everything. The Greatest Generation had a better tendency to leave people alone. Of course, they also had a better tendency to hate everybody's guts. P. J. O'Rourke

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