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• Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial questions at his own supper table.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Errors, Profound, Everyday

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• The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty, might I please introduce my daughter to you?" The queen replied, "I have come here to view the library."

  Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford

  Daughter, Queens, Views

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• If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

  Pat Summitt

  Volleyball, Caring, Tough

  Pat Summitt (2012). “Raise the Roof”, p.20, Three Rivers Press

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• For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Spiritual, Heart, Journey

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• A renowned genius once asked a student, "What are you watching when you sit on a hillside in the late afternoon as the colors turn from yellow to orange and red and finally darkness?" He answered, "You are watching the sunset." The genius responded, "That is what is wrong with our age. You know full well you are not watching the sun set. You are watching the world turn."

  Jeremy Kagan

  Sunset, Orange, Color

  Jeremy Kagan (1998). “The Jewish Self: Recovering Spirituality in the Modern World”, p.37, Feldheim Publishers

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• In general there is something puzzling about the fact that the most renowned figures in chess - Morphy, Pillsbury, Capablanca and Fischer - were born in America.

  Garry Kasparov

  America, Chess, Facts

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• High tech companies that focus on research, development and production will learn that they can be the perfect complement to our world-renowned agriculture heritage.

  Alan Autry

  Technology, Our World, Agriculture

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

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• Through fashion I have shown my interpretation of the competitive spirit by dressing sportsmen and women, choosing to work with both those who are among the world's most renowned athletes and also those who are yet to achieve fame in the arena of sport.

  Giorgio Armani

  Sports, Fashion, Athlete

  Interview with Aaron Howes, www.highsnobiety.com. October 5, 2016.

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• There was a Russian cult of eunuchs known as the Skoptsy who were renowned for their proficiency as mathematicians, bankers, and moneylenders. Outsiders called them rapacious but this was simply their jealousy speaking - when one is freed from sexual desire, or sexual desire is transmuted into work, suddenly the world becomes engorged with possibilities.

  Hamilton Morris

  Desire, World, Outsiders

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was born in France. My father was a renowned French philosopher and journalist, and my mother was a painter. So I grew up in Parisian intellectual circles.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Mother, Father, Circles

  Source: www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu

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• I sometimes, in my sprightly moments, consider myself, in my great chair at school, as some dictator at the head of a commonwealth. In this little state I can discover all the great geniuses, all the surprising actions and revolutions of the great world in miniature. I have several renowned generals but three feet high, and several deep-projecting politicians in petticoats. I have others catching and dissecting flies, accumulating remarkable pebbles, cockleshells, etc., with as ardent curiosity as any virtuoso in the Royal Society.

  John Adams

  School, Knowledge, Feet

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1850). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.9

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• Take your time. There's no rush to be good or renowned.

  Kathryn Budig

  Be Good, Take Your Time

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• It was fortunate for all of us to have Joaquin Jackson, who is a very renowned Texas Ranger, on board. He spent quite a few days with us on set and he added a lot to it for me on what it's like to be a Texas Ranger.

  Jeff Bridges

  Texas, Boards, Rangers

  Interview with Jason Guerrasio, uk.businessinsider.com. August 8, 2016.

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• How could someone with a renowned ability to inspire, communicate complex ideas, and connect with voters find himself in this position? The President [Barack Obama], though a dedicated student of history, has seemingly failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations: They've required single-minded determination, and the willingness to battle until the fight was won.

  Arianna Huffington

  Determination, Fighting, Ideas

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• During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters were also pilloried as having manufactured insipid and sugary paintings that were offensive to good taste.

  Ernst Gombrich

  Art, Abuse, Taste

  Ernst Hans Gombrich (2002). “The preference for the primitive: episodes in the history of Western taste and art”, Phaidon Press

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• In daily life what distinguishes the master is the using those materials he has, instead of looking about for what are more renowned, or what others have used well.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Daily Life, Individualism, Used

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.526, Harvard University Press

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• Now the good gods forbid That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude Towards her deserved children is enrolled In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam Should now eat up her own!

  William Shakespeare

  Gratitude, Children, Book

  William Shakespeare, Lee Bliss (2000). “Coriolanus”, p.195, Cambridge University Press

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• The Angelina Effect refers to the fact that a powerful, beautiful, well-respected and world-renowned woman unabashedly revealed private medical details about a gene mutation which affects 1 in 500 people. In so doing, she raised awareness and sparked conversations around the world amongst known BRCA carriers, possible carriers, and the circle of family and friends who care about them.

  Kristi Funk

  Beautiful, Powerful, Circles

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Renowned management guru Peter F.Drucker looked back at his 65-year consulting career shortly before he died. He concluded that great leaders could either be 'charismatic or dull' or 'visionary or numbers-orientated,' but the most inspiring and effective managers he knew all had said we rather than I.

  Robert I. Sutton

  Leadership, Years, Careers

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• Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned.

  Chauncey Depew

  Drama, Names, Would Be

  Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910). “Oration and memorial addresses”

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• The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not uncomfortable standing in a single spot for long periods, as the Bishop is.

  Samuel Reshevsky

  Lying, Knights, Long

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• If you are looking for a lover, a job, a new house, or a serial killer, Snoop is for you. It’s great science and a fun read by a world-renowned personality researcher.

  James W. Pennebaker

  Jobs, Fun, House

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• In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones or strangers with Aloha, which means love. Aloha is the key word to the universal spirit of real hospitality, which makes Hawaii renowned as the world's center of understanding and fellowship. Try meeting or leaving people with Aloha. You'll be surprised by their reaction. I believe it and it is my creed. Aloha to you.

  Duke Kahanamoku

  Love, Real, Believe

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• Well-referenced, with numerous quotations from renowned Egyptologists and classical scholars, Acharya's penetrating research clearly lays out the very ancient pre-Christian basis of modern Christianity. Those who espouse Christianity beware! After digesting the evidence, you will never again view your religion in the same light.

  Robert M. Schoch

  Christian, Light, Views

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• Batterers aren't renowned for taking responsibility for their abusiveness, Sam. They tend to shed blame like a snake molts.

  Stephen White

  Responsibility, Snakes, Blame

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