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Lobsters displays all three of the classic biological characteristics of an insect, namely: 1. It has way more legs than necessary. 2. There is no way you would ever pet it. 3. It does not respond to simple commands such as "Here, boy!"

Dave Barry

Boys, Simple, Pet

Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.110, Ballantine Books

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...You can find people. It's like those acrobatic displays.... Those ones when you stand on top of loads of people in a pyramid. It doesn't really matter who they are, as long as they're there and you don't let them go away without finding someone else.

Nick Hornby

Pyramids, Long, People

Nick Hornby (1999). “About a Boy”, p.226, Penguin

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There are unlimited opportunities for display advertising. In fact, we're in the process of massive change in the display industry - how it's bought, how it's sold, and how it's targeted.

Susan Wojcicki

Business, Opportunity, Facts

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The number of clicks on display ads is not an accurate predictor of the effectiveness of online display ads.

Gian Fulgoni

Business, Effectiveness, Numbers

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I would like to tell all dancers to forget themselves and the desire for self display. They must become completely absorbed in the dance. Even in a classical variation there should never be any thought of a dancer doing a variation--he should become identified with it.

Antony Tudor

Dance, Self, Ballet

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In modern times, what impresses one is not a simple and unassuming statement of the truth, but superficial showmanship and display.

Nirmala Srivastava

Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes are those who truly enjoy what they are doing and display a tremendous amount of work ethic. They continue to persevere in spite of setbacks and never lose sight of their ultimate goal.

Dianne Holum

Success, Sports, Dream

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Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted. They do not praise themselves, therefore they have merit. They do not glory in themselves, therefore they excel.

Laozi

Humble, Humility, Shining

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Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

Louis Kronenberger

Humility, Vanity, Facts

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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.

Laozi

Humility, Heart, Compassion

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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore he is distinguished; from self-glorification, therefore he has merit; from self-exaltation, therefore he rises superior to all. Inasmuch as he does not strive, there is no one in the world who can strive with him.

Laozi

Humility, Self, Shining

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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display his worth.

Laozi

Humility, Wish, Merit

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At night returning, every labour sped,
He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;
Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys
His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;
While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard,
Displays her cleanly platter on the board.

Oliver Goldsmith

Children, Home, Night

Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Essays, poems and plays”, p.139

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To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray.

Charles Wesley

Prayer, Want, Praying

Charles Wesley (2014). “Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book”, p.272, Ravenio Books

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Christ said, "Resist not evil", and we do not understand it until we discover that it is not only moral but actually the best policy, for anger is loss of energy to the man who displays it. You should not allow your minds to come into those brain-combinations of anger and hatred.

Swami Vivekananda

Jesus, Loss, Men

Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.162, Vivekananda Kendra

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In the early stages of wealth, up to 10 years after individuals became very rich, they display a bit of reluctance to spend money. It's a lot easier rationalizing spending a lot for a house.

Frederick Winslow Taylor

Years, House, Wealth

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Saving us is the greatest and most concrete demonstration of God's love, the definitive display of His grace throughout time and eternity.

David Jeremiah

Time, Grace, Saving

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Anger is an emotion preeminently serviceable for the display of power.

Walter Bradford Cannon

Anger, Emotion

Walter Bradford Cannon (1929). “Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear and rage: an account of recent researches into the function of emotional excitement”

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Tris: Wait. So you have no idea what my aptitude is? Tori: Yes and No. My conclusion is that you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless and Erudite. People who get this kind of result are..are called...Divergent.

Veronica Roth

Ideas, People, Waiting

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I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion. In fact, I don't know if God even exists, although I confess that I sometimes find myself praying in times of great fear, or despair, or astonishment at a display of unexpected beauty.

Jon Krakauer

Mind, Despair, Astonishment

Jon Krakauer (2013). “Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith”, p.304, Pan Macmillan

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I have far more enthusiasm in life than I have actual energy. In my excitement, I routinely take on more that I can physically or emotionally handle, which causes me to break down in quite predictable displays of dramatic exhaustion. You will be the one burdened with the job of mopping me up every time I've overextended myself and then fallen apart. This will be unbelievably tedious. I apologize in advance.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Jobs, Energy, Enthusiasm

Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage”, p.94, A&C Black

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There was a click and then nothing CALL DISCONECTED flashed on the digital display. "NO! NO!" Clary hit the redial button, her fingers trembling. Simon picked up immediatly. "Sorry. Yossarian scratched me and I dropped the phone.

Cassandra Clare

Sorry, Phones, Buttons

Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.751, Simon and Schuster

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The love of literature, of language, of the mystery of the mind and heart showing themselves in the minute, strange, and unexpected combinations of letters and words, in the blackest and coldest print—the love which he had hidden as if it were illicit and dangerous, he began to display, tentatively at first, and then boldly, and then proudly.

John Edward Williams

Love, Heart, Mind

John Edward Williams (1965). “Stoner: A Novel”

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Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.

Francis Chan

Following Christ, Labels, Done

Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.94, David C Cook

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Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. Female accomplishments come at a cost.

Sheryl Sandberg

Powerful, Successful, Men

Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.26, Knopf

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