Ideals Quotes - Page 29

• Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. I think one of the reasons that we are counseled to get married early in life is to avoid developing inappropriate character traits that are hard to change.

  Richard G. Scott

  Selfish, Character, Thinking

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• A country's greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.

  Sarojini Naidu

  Mother, Country, Lying

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• The republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means association, a new philosophy of life, a divine Ideal that shall move the world, the only means of regeneration vouchsafed to the human race.

  Giuseppe Mazzini

  Philosophy, Moving, Mean

  Giuseppe Mazzini (2005). “The Duties of Man and Other Essays”, p.146, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

  Dennis Potter

  Printed Word, Hierarchy, Printed

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• Look at your life as an experiment. Make a comprise with all your doubts and fears: For a year or two, do what you can to move toward your ideal scene, in a easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way. See what happens.

  Mark Allen

  Fear, Moving, Years

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• A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from.

  Jason Mraz

  Love Life, Needs, Looks

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• I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not that good at writing lyrics. I bounce those back and forth with songwriters or someone who can sing.

  Avicii

  Writing, Lines, Want

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

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• If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal and if they can't stop you, you become something else entirely - legend, Mr Wayne.

  Henri

  Men, Legends, Batman Movie

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• Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.

  Rebecca West

  Race, Different Nationalities, Deeds

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.616, Open Road Media

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• As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals --or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all. A group of closely related persons living under one roof; it is a convenience, often a necessity, sometimes a pleasure, sometimes the reverse; but who first exalted it as admirable, an almost religious ideal?

  Rose Macaulay

  Religious, Firsts, Groups

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• Just as the ideal of classic Greek culture was the most perfect harmony of mind and body, so a human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.

  Richard Ballantine

  Perfect, Greek, Mind

  Richard Ballantine, Richard Grant (1998). “Ultimate Bicycle Book”, Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books

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• The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist.

  August Kleinzahler

  Art, Social, Reader

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• Critics say that America is a lie because its reality falls so far short of its ideals. They are wrong. America is not a lie; it is a disappointment. But it can be a disappointment only because it is also a hope.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Disappointment, Lying, Fall

  Samuel P. Huntington (1981). “American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony”, p.262, Harvard University Press

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• There is no such thing as a perfect, ideal, or 'correct' translation. A translator is always trying to extend his knowledge and improve his means of expression; he is always pursuing facts and words.

  Peter Newmark

  Mean, Expression, Always Trying

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• I'm sure a lot of the hardcore folks are going to be up in arms and I'm really looking forward to getting into that discussion with them. I don't believe I'm compromising on my gameplay ideals at all. [But] any artist who doesn't want his or her work in front of the largest audience possible is nuts.

  Warren Spector

  Believe, Artist, Nuts

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• There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

  George Santayana

  Stupidity, Meanness, Greater

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.59, 谷月社

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• We are not beautiful because we fit the popular ideal of beauty, and we are not ugly or unattractive because we don’t measure up. Our beauty as human beings is not derived from ourselves. It comes from a beautiful God.

  Carolyn Mahaney

  Beautiful, Unattractive, Ugly

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• In an ideal world, I'd be able to do my shows in my pajamas. Luckily I've got one of the best stylists in the business, Rebecca Allen - she knows what looks good on camera and gives it a sexy kick.

  Anne Robinson

  Sexy, Giving, Cameras

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• The trouble with our ideals is that if we live up to all of them, we become impossible to live with.

  Brennan Manning

  Impossible, Trouble, Ifs

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.47, Multnomah

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• My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's most natural positions.

  Niels Diffrient

  Lying, Two, Office

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• Patience takes courage. It is not an ideal state of calm. In fact, when we practice patience we will see our agitation far more clearly.

  Pema Chodron

  Practice, Agitation, Facts

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.131, Shambhala Publications

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• Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who we are and what we are becoming.

  Frank Pierson

  Dream, Civilization, Who We Are

  "‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner ‘Lucky’ to Have Worked With the Late Frank Pierson in WGAW Statement About His Passing" by Jay A. Fernandez, www.indiewire.com. July 23, 2012.

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• My ideal prom date would have to be cute, funny, sweet, nice.

  Kendall Jenner

  Cute, Sweet, Nice

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• In search of a complete education with the ideals of trust, faith, understanding and compassion, many families are turning to the structure, discipline and academic standards of Catholic schools.

  Mark Foley

  School, Compassion, Discipline

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• Knowing how to distinguish between an ideal keyword and the reality of queries will help you to refine your strategy and success as an online marketer.

  Neil Patel

  Reality, Knowing, Helping

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