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• It is very certain that the strong British race which has now overrun much of this continent, must also overrun [Texas], and Mexico and Oregon also, and it will in the course of ages be of small import by what particular occasions and methods it was done.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Strong, Race, Texas

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Elliot Cabot (1887). “The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With a General Index and a Memoir”

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• The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.

  Joseph Conrad

  Discovery, America, Greed

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• I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.

  Dalai Lama

  Rights, Perspective, Violence

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• Some eschew wine for their religion; others just don't cotton to it. A slew of Americans consider wine a fancy-schmancy treat for special occasions. They do not understand the concept of daily wine. It's as though you insisted on confetti and a swing-band at every meal.

  Jennifer Rosen

  Wine, Swings, Special

  Jennifer Rosen (2005). “Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration and Education by America's Wittiest Wine Critic”, p.268

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• Every human being is tried this way in the active service of expectancy. Now comes the fulfillment and relieves him, but soon he is again placed on reconnaissance for expectancy; then he is again relieved, but as long as there is any future for him, he has not yet finished his service. And while human life goes on this way in very diverse expectancy, expecting very different things according to different times and occasions and in different frames of mind, all life is again one nightwatch of expectancy.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Long, Mind, Different

  "Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses". Book by Soren Kierkegaard, 1844.

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• All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.

  Walter Raleigh

  Men, Evil

  Sir Walter Raleigh, William Oldys, Thomas Birch (1829). “Miscellaneous works”, p.95

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• Sleep is often the only occasion in which man cannot silence his conscience; we forget what we knew in our dream.

  Erich Fromm

  Dream, Sleep, Men

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics”, p.170, Open Road Media

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• Perhaps it is the lowest of the qualities of an orator, but it is, on so many occasions, of chief importance,--a certain robust and radiant physical health; or--shall I say?--great volumes of animal heat.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Health, Animal, Quality

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2421, Delphi Classics

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• What a man can do and suffer is unknown to himself till some occasion presents itself which draws out the hidden power. Just as one sees not in the water of an unruffled pond the fury and roar with which it can dash down a steep rock without injury to itself, or how high it is capable of rising; or as little as one can suspect the latent heat in ice-cold water.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Men, Ice, Rocks

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• The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great occasion or interest offers itself to them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Deception, Use

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• That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Gratitude, Kindness, Mistake

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• Cities make people sick; they create living dead! Get away from the cities in every possible occasion! River does no harm to you; forest does no harm to you; wild flowers do no harm to you! When you are in nature, you are amongst the friends! Be clever, be in the nature!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Nature, Clever, Flower

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• If you can’t lead and you can’t deliver, then your own personal political philosophy is pretty much irrelevant, there have been far too many occasions over the last four years where the House has been ineffective.

  Rich Nugent

  Philosophy, Years, Political

  "Conservative Lawmaker Who Voted Against John Boehner Raps His Leadership". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2015.

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• It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really in one's mind.

  Barbara Pym

  Mind, Important, Odd

  Barbara Pym (2013). “An Unsuitable Attachment”, p.164, Pan Macmillan

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• A protest meeting on the issue of environmental abuse is not a convocation of accusers, it is a convocation of the guilty. The realization ought to clear the smog of self-righteousness that has always conventionally hovered over these occasions, and let us see the work that is to be done.

  Wendell Berry

  Self, Issues, Abuse

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• Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.

  John Tillotson

  Real, Blessing, Opportunity

  John Tillotson (1717). “The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...”, p.673

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• A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.

  William Shakespeare

  Patience, Thieves, Littles

  William Shakespeare, Philip Brockbank (1976). “Coriolanus: Second Series”, p.152, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; and when you're a left-wing sorehead, everything is an occasion to damn the rich.

  George Scialabba

  Wings, Nails, Hammers

  Source: thenewinquiry.com

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• I propose to distinguish these bodies by calling those anions which go to the anode of the decomposing body; and those passing to the cathode, cations; and when I have occasion to speak of these together, I shall call them ions.

  Michael Faraday

  Science, Ions, Together

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1834)

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• I have a very keen sense of smell and always associate certain people and places with particular fragrances. For me, nothing is more likely to set a mood than certain scents. I find I vary the perfume I use depending on the climate and the time of day. However a few great perfumes seem to work for most occasions.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Smell, People, Scent

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• Bank accounts for each household is a national priority for us. We need to rise to the occasion & successfully overcome this challenge.

  Narendra Modi

  Priorities, Challenges, Needs

  Twitter post from Aug 25, 2014

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• I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.

  Carrie Fisher

  Defeat

  "The Wit & Wisdom of Carrie Fisher". Interview with Nancy Tobin, www.bphope.com. February 1, 2010.

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• I was tenaciously opposed by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank, who had seats in parliament, and I had the City for an antagonist on almost every occasion.

  William E. Gladstone

  Cities, Political, Politics

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• On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God and then form our resolutions, without being in any pain about what success they may have. In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing his name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit.

  John Wesley

  Pain, Prayer, Light

  John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.526

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• A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful. But one's sister has the family photo album. And a long, long memory. And a tendency to wink at one on Top Occasions.

  Pam Brown

  Beautiful, Stars, Memories

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