Equal Quotes - Page 38

• Man's envy is at its most intense where all are almost equal; his calls for redistribution are loudest when there is virtually nothing to redistribute.

  Helmut Schoeck

  Men, Envy, Intense

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• If, as is generally the case, the heirs are not equal to the demands which life makes on an entrepreneur, the inherited wealth rapidly vanishes.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Entrepreneur, Demand, Heirs

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist”, p.342, VM eBooks

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• The envious are not satisfied with equality; they secretly yearn for superiority and revenge. In the French Revolution of 1848, a woman coal-heaver is said to have remarked to a richly dressed lady: 'Yes, madam, everything's going to be equal now; I shall go in silks and you'll carry coal.'

  Henry Hazlitt

  Revenge, Coal, Revolution

  Henry Hazlitt (1996). “The Conquest of Poverty”

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• In all teaching there must be a fusion of authority as an adult providing a stable framework for the children in one's care, and humility as another human being ready to educate an equal who may turn out to be a superior.

  Yehudi Menuhin

  Children, Teaching, Humility

  Yehudi Menuhin (1977). “Unfinished Journey”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can't be expected to be taken that seriously.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Taken, Men, Play

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• "[Lawyers who file class-action securities suits] is not a group you would want to marry into your family. "That said, more than half the time the people being sued by the Lerach firm are guilty of outrageous conduct. The problem is, they don't mind (suing) the other half. They are an equal opportunity litigator."

  Charlie Munger

  Opportunity, Class, People

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• All the equity investors, in total, will surely bear a performance disadvantage per annum equal to the total croupiers' costs they have jointly elected to bear. This is an inescapable fact of life. And it is also inescapable that exactly half of the investors will get a result below the median result after the croupiers' take, which median result may well be somewhere between unexciting and lousy.

  Charlie Munger

  Cost, Half, May

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• It took us months of buying all the Coke stock we could to accumulate $1 billion worth - equal to 7% of the company. It's very hard to accumulate major positions.

  Charlie Munger

  Coke, Buying, Months

  Charlie Munger's comments on Wesco and Berkshire Hathaway at the 2001 Wesco Financial Annual Meeting, www.tilsonfunds.com. May 2, 2001.

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• Gay and lesbian people are equal. They deserve equal protection of the laws, and they deserve it now.

  Donald Verrilli Jr.

  Gay, Law, People

  "If SCOTUS Decides in Favor of Marriage Equality, Thank Solicitor General Don Verrilli" by Mark Joseph Stern, www.slate.com. April 29, 2015.

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• Now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons.

  Barack Obama

  Daughter, Son, Opportunity

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils under which the Union is now laboring ... a conspiracy of the few against the equal rights of the many ...Masonry ought forever to be abolished. It is wrong - essentially wrong - a seed of evil, which can never produce any good.

  John Quincy Adams

  Believe, Rights, Order

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• The stench of impurity before God and the angels is so great, that no stench in the world can equal it.

  Philip Neri

  Angel, World, Impurity

  St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.20, St Athanasius Press

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• Death renders all equal.

  Claudius Claudianus

  Claudius Claudianus (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of Claudian (Illustrated)”, p.282, Delphi Classics

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• Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.

  Homer

  Father, Fall, Son

  Homer (1996). “The Odyssey”, Viking Press

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• There is nothing that can equal the treasure of so many shared memories.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Memories, Treasure

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• It would take a God with equal measures of truth, love, and justice to [give us a metanarrative]. Since I had abandoned that faith in God and considered myself secular, that wasn't a real option for me.

  Charles Colson

  Real, Giving, Justice

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• A good leader does not tell people to stand behind him. That position does not give anybody power but the leader. Today's politician isn't going to be the first marching to war, so why put that guy in front? Instead, a good leader tells people to stand beside him. That creates an invincible wall of people, and that's a force where everybody stands as a true equal.

  Suzy Kassem

  Wall, War, People

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.

  John Wooden

  Trying, Becoming, Trouble

  John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden One-On-One”, p.89, Revell

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• The centre of the tragedy, therefore, may be said with equal truth to lie in action issuing from character, or in character issuing in action.

  A. C. Bradley

  Lying, Character, Tragedy

  A. C. Bradley (2016). “Shakespearean Tragedy”, p.14, A. C. Bradley

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• Today is a new day. Your future does not equal your past.

  Michael Hyatt

  Past, New Day, Doe

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• Noah Baumbach does more takes than any director I've ever worked with. He runs a very quiet set and he runs a very hard working set. He has such an intense level of dedication to what's happening that he cultivates a group of people around him who have an equal level of dedication. Nobody asks, "When is lunch?" That's just not part of our sets. It's complete immersion. He has a 'no cell phone' rule. Nobody checks their cell phone. Nobody reads on set. It's like, "If you're there, you're there. If you're not on board with that, don't work on this movie."

  Greta Gerwig

  Running, Hard Work, Dedication

  Source: collider.com

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• You can't love someone unless you are in an equal position with them. A lot of women have to cling to men out of fear or insecurity, and that's not love - basically that's why women hate men.

  Yoko Ono

  Hate, Men, Insecurity

  "The Lost John Lennon Interview". Interview with Tariq Ali, www.counterpunch.org. December 8, 2005.

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• I went into directing having observed and learned from the best. There was a certain standard of procedure. I found that I was equal to it. I thoroughly enjoyed directing, I liked it a lot. It's very satisfactory to see that you can do it. The art takes care of itself.

  William Monahan

  Art, Care, Found

  Source: collider.com

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• I am a feminist. And I'm so glad that Lena Dunham exists, because she is one too, and she's quite vocal about it. Yes, women have more freedom and more influence than ever, but it's hardly equal. It's just not.

  Claire Danes

  Feminist, Influence, Glad

  "Claire Danes' Glamour January 2014 Issue Cover-Shoot". www.glamour.com.

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• We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.

  Charlize Theron

  Girl, Jobs, Hate

  "Charlize Theron Is ELLE's New Cover Star". ELLE Interview, www.elleuk.com. May 5, 2015.

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