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To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems.
John Eccles
Appreciation
World
Better
Problems
Will
Men
Understanding
Society
Our
Ourselves
Fact
Better Understanding
Fellow
Fellow Men
Brain
In Fact
Richer
Whole
Extent
People have always painted me like a pessimist, like somebody who sees the glass half-empty. But I think the fact that I keep showing up and saying, 'No, there must be a way for me to live in this world,' that shows I'm an eternal optimist.
John Grant
Saying
Me
People
World
Somebody
Pessimist
Live
Think
Way
Must
Sees
Fact
Glass
Like
Always
Up
Optimist
Eternal
Who
Painted
Showing
Showing Up
Shows
Keep
The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.
John Henrik Clarke
World
Light
First
Civilizations
Were
Human
Africa
Human Consciousness
Consciousness
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that date strictly a European conflict. Marcus Garvey's prophecy about the European scramble to maintain dominance over the whole world was now a reality.
John Henrik Clarke
Conflict
Reality
World
Strictly
Way
States
Enter
Would
About
Date
Prophecy
Had
Maintain
Over
Been
Up
Dominance
Scramble
December
Formal
After
Harbor
European
Whole
Now
United
United States
Bombing
Pearl
Pearl Harbor
In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
John Henry Newman
Love
You
Genius
World
Strong
Hero
Be Strong
Rules
Must
No-One
Powerful
Dominion
Organizing
Amiable
From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.
John Hoeven
Today
Great
World
Better
Veterans
Made
Country
Own
Our
Great Country
East
Better Place
Continent
America
Middle
African
Middle East
Place
Far
Far East
Europe
Wars
Even
Hemisphere
Deserts
Here
World Wars
I suppose I try to look for those things where the world turns on you. It's every automobile accident, every accident at a party, you're having a good time until suddenly you're not.
John Irving
Time
Good
You
World
Try
Good Time
Party
Accident
Every
Those
Having
Having A Good Time
Suppose
Look
Until
Where
Automobile
Turns
Suddenly
Things
No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.
John Knox
Man
Heart
World
Other
Else
Worshipped
Has-Been
No-One
Devoutly
Been
Gods
Loved
Holds
Place
Which
Held
Jesus
We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.
John Lennon
Beatles
Generation
World
Our
Our Generation
Nest
Crow
New
Were
Discover
Ship
Going
New World
Sixties
I have certainly seen my share of the world as it really is and not how I wish it would be.
John McCain
World
Seen
Wish
Would
Would-Be
Share
How
Really
Certainly
All the world lies warm in one heart, yet the Sierra seems to get more light than other mountains. The weather is mostly sunshine embellished with magnificent storms, and nearly everything shines from base to summit - the rocks, streams, lakes, glaciers, irised falls, and the forests of silver fir and silver pine.
John Muir
Heart
World
Sunshine
Light
Weather
Mountains
Other
Everything
Sierra
Summit
All The World
Lies
Silver
Seems
More
Magnificent
Glaciers
Mostly
Falls
Pine
Shines
Rocks
Forests
Than
Get
Storms
Lakes
Warm
Base
Streams
Nearly
Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your desk and your to-do list.
John Ortberg
Work
You
Soul
Learning
Refreshed
World
Down
Way
Fabulous
About
Something
Something New
Thrills
Reminds
New
Than
List
Bigger
Grind
Your
Activity
Desk
The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.
John Owen
World
Sense
Shame
Takes
Course
Sinning
Custom
Away
Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in reference to other parts of the Bible.
John Piper
Bible
Culture
World
Light
Reading
Understanding
Interpretation
Other
Involves
Parts
Around
Reference
Lots
Lots And Lots
Just
Us
Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.
John Ratzenberger
You
Together
People
World
Values
Find
Share
Your
Who
Conquer
Pepsi is the second-most-recognized beverage brand in the world after Coke, and eighteen of PepsiCo's other brands, which include Tropicana, Gatorade, and Quaker Oats, are billion-dollar businesses in their own right.
John Seabrook
World
Own
Coke
Other
Oats
Pepsi
Beverage
Quaker
Brand
Brands
Eighteen
After
Which
Businesses
Include
Right
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
John Stuart Mill
World
Power
Mediocrity
General
Tendency
Throughout
Render
Ascendant
Mankind
Among
Things
The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.
John Tesh
Dreams
Business
People
World
Simple
Finish Line
Own
Action
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Carnegie
Carnegie Hall
Running
Finish
Simple Thing
Between
Make
Hall
Line
Owning
Difference
Plan
Across
Full
Who
Marathon
Thing
Playing
I was going mad. One day, I just started writing, and it was like therapy because I was in a position where I couldn't rage. I never expected to be a writer; it's a different world than I ever expected to be in.
John Trudell
Day
Writing
World
Rage
One Day
Mad
Writer
Never
Like
Because
Than
Expected
Going
Just
Where
Different
Therapy
Different World
Ever
Started
Position
I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.
John Wayne
Success
Truth
Me
World
Fire
Big
Young
Consequences
Unprepared
Totally
Had
Like
Sure
Been
Trail
Handle
Realize
Hard
Star
Set
I plainly felt that, had God given me such a retirement with the companion I desired, I should have forgotten the work for which I was born and have set up my rest in this world.
John Wesley
Work
God
Me
World
Rest
Born
Given
Had
Retirement
Felt
Up
God-Given
Forgotten
Which
Plainly
Should
Companion
Desired
Set
We're at war against the ultimate evil in the world, and We're going to win.
Johnny Isakson
War
World
Win
Evil
Ultimate
Going
Against
In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff that should be rewarded, not the people who deliver it or sit on it waiting for someone to show up.
Joichi Ito
Waiting
People
World
Old
Important
Sit
Find
Direct
Someone
More
Deliver
Delivery
Attention
Stuff
Remix
Discovery
Up
Than
Rewarded
Where
Should
Old Stuff
Show
Who
World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.
Jon Meacham
Depression
War
Great
History
Man
World
Great Depression
Collaborations
Industrial
Ended
The History Of
World War
World War II
Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.
Jonathan Carroll
Beautiful
Woman
World
Men
Beautiful Woman
Does
Truly
Effect
Same
Momentary
Even
I feel like loyalty is such a rare quality in this world, particularly the entertainment world.
Jonathan Groff
Loyalty
Entertainment
Quality
World
Rare
Entertainment World
Feel
Like
Particularly
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