Centre Quotes

• But the strong base and building of my love is as the very centre of the earth, drawing all things to it.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Strong, Science

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.203

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• If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will emerge love and affection and belongingness needs, and the whole cycle already described will repeat itself with this new centre. Now the person will feel keenl

  Abraham Maslow

  Reality, Safety, Needs

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• I am monarch of all I survey,
  My right there is none to dispute,
  From the centre all round to the sea,
  I am lord of the fowl and the brute.

  William Cowper

  Sea, Fowl, Royalty

  1782 Poems,'Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk, During His Solitary Abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez'.

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• Most of these Mountains and Inland places whereon these kind of Petrify'd Bodies and Shells are found at present, or have been heretofore, were formerly under the Water, and that either by the descending of the Waters to another part of the Earth by the alteration of the Centre of Gravity of the whole bulk, or rather by the Eruption of some kind of Subterraneous Fires or Earthquakes, great quantities of Earth have been deserted by the Water and laid bare and dry.

  Robert Hooke

  Fire, Earthquakes, Water

  "The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke". Book by Robert Hooke, 1705.

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• The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.

  Les Dawson

  Mother, Law, Mother In Law

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

  Venerable Bede

  Reborn, Acknowledge, Nothingness

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• Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Distance, Past, Law

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.35, 谷月社

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Motivation

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Firsts, Innocence, Film

  City Limits magazine, London, April 7, 1988.

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• One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

  Harold Pinter

  Literature, Maelstrom

  Interview with Ramona Koval, www.abc.net.au. December 22, 2002.

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• I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh.

  Maurice Gibb

  Sexy, Player, Bass

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Body experience... is the centre of creation.

  Barbara Hepworth

  Art, Body, Creation

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• And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally.

  Patricia Hewitt

  Party, Engagement, Alps

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• I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

  Rachel Weisz

  "Weisz Girl". www.mirror.co.uk. March 18, 2005.

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• And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter.

  Frederick Sanger

  Understanding, Fascination, Research

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• The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

  John Hanning Speke

  Lines, Facts

  John Hanning Speke (1863). “Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”, p.17

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• I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.

  Gabriela Sabatini

  Winning, Laughing, Court

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• Australia as a nation, as a set of cities and some regional centres, that project died a death and we didn't get it up, but I still think there's merit in that.

  Susan Oliver

  Thinking, Cities, Australia

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• Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.

  Don Porter

  Inspirational, Business, Educational

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• That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.

  John Newcombe

  Years, Great Year, House

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• You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights.

  Elvis Costello

  Summer, New York, Opportunity

  "Interview about The Delivery Man". Interview with Brian Wise, www.elviscostello.info. April 10, 2004.

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• I love going into the centre of London because people don't give a monkey's about you or who you are. You can be in a restaurant and no one notices you or if they do they won't show it.

  Teddy Sheringham

  People, Giving, Monkeys

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• I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I had made myself the centre of my own existence and had my back turned to God.

  Bede Griffiths

  Saws, Made, Existence

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• He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

  John Milton

  Dark, Light, Soul

  'Comus' (1637) l. 373

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• I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.

  Saul Bellow

  New York, Thinking, America

  1969 In radio interview, reported in The Listener, 22 May.

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