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«The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted; if not, it is apt to fare like a sprout lured out of the ground by warm sunshine, only to be injured and retarded in its growth by the succeeding frost.»
Author: Nikola Tesla
(Engineer, Inventor)
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«I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery»
Author: George Washington
(President)
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abolition, abolition of slavery, adopted, sincerely, slavery, wishes
«My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.»
Author: Malcolm Muggeridge
| About:
Conviction,
Mind,
Opinions
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adopted, immensely, sureness
«My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.»
Author: Stephen Wright
(Actor, Writer)
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adopted, Darwin, evolution, theory, theory of, theory of evolution
«Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later...that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. The Bonfire of the Vanities»
Author: Thomas Wolfe
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adopted, bonfire, catastrophic, lid, lids, mythical, mythical being, protector, sense of duty, Sherman, vanities
«I never mean (unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it) to possess another slave by purchase; it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by slow, sure, and imperceptib»
«The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
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adopted, adopts, depends, happily, leading man, leads, manlier, manly, moderation, plan, The Man Who, with moderation
«The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily.»
«Means that are adopted for the attainment of salvation also help us prosper and grow in the material world. This, as a result gives us happiness and joy.»
«Style, personality -- deliberately adopted and therefore a mask -- is the only escape from the hot-faced bargainers and money-changers.»
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