Resolution Quotes - Page 11

• People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.

  Neal Shusterman

  Cheer, People, Moments

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales.

  Wavy Gravy

  Hunting, Impact, Whales

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• Women get a little more excited about New Year's Eve than men do. It's like an excuse: you drink too much, you make a lot of promises you're not going to keep; the next morning as soon as you wake up you start breaking them. For men, we just call that a date.

  Jay Leno

  New Year, Morning, Men

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• You know it's time for a New Year's resolution to lose weight when you step on a talking scale and it says, "One at a time, please.

  Jo Brand

  New Year, Talking, Years

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• My new years resolution? I will be less laz.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Inspirational, Funny, New Year

  FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Jan 01, 2013

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• My scientist friends have come up with things like 'principles of uncertainty' and dark holes. They're willing to live inside imagined hypotheses and theories. But many religious folks insist on answers that are always true. We love closure, resolution and clarity, while thinking that we are people of 'faith'! How strange that the very word 'faith' has come to mean its exact opposite.

  Richard Rohr

  Religious, Mean, Dark

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• Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches.

  Martin Van Buren

  Two, House, Wish

  United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Martin Van Buren (1838). “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress: At the Commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress”, p.14

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• Is it really in our countrys best interest to signal to the enemy that they probably only have to wait us out a little longer because congressional determination to defeat them is crumbling? Doesnt such a resolution further diminish our chances for success at the very time our soldiers are preparing to go into battle? And finally, regardless of our politics is this the time to announce to the world that our president is 'on his own'?

  Fred Thompson

  Determination, Waiting, Soldier

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• My birthday is in August - right before September, so I have that "back to school" feeling ingrained in me so that time of year is when I usually do personal goals or resolutions.

  Jen Kirkman

  School, August, Years

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or heels, the measurement of mass and motion, the calibration of brutal blows, the counting of supplies; and spiritual knowing, invisibly felt by the inside self, who is but a fought-over field of distraction, a stage where we recite the monotonous monologue that is our life, a knowing governed by internal tides, by intimations, motives, resolutions, by temptations, secrecy, shame, and pride.

  William H. Gass

  Spiritual, Knowledge, Pride

  William H. Gass (1997). “Finding a Form: Essays”, p.179, Cornell University Press

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• The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no means of resistance? Obviously they have. The worst tyrant, even under democratic plutocracy, has but one throat to slit. The moment the majority decided to overthrow him he would be overthrown. But the majority lacks the resolution; it cannot imagine taking the risks.

  H. L. Mencken

  Mean, Men, Tyrants

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Notes On Democracy”, p.41, Knopf

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• And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French had said they'd veto any second resolution - which wasn't true, we now know.

  Clare Short

  Remember, Said, Veto

  "Today" with John Humphrys, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2004.

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• The ability to face constructively the tension of opposing ideas and instead of choosing one at the expense of the other, generate a creative resolution of the tension in the form of a new idea that contains elements of the opposing ideas but is superior to each.

  Roger Martin

  Ideas, Creative, Elements

  Roger L. Martin (2009). “The Opposable Mind: Winning Through Integrative Thinking”, p.27, Harvard Business Press

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• The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.

  Seneca the Younger

  Greatness, Men, Temptation

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• The man who enters combat encased in solid armor plate, but lacking the essential of selfconfidence, is far more exposed and naked to death than the individual who subjects himself to battle shorn of any protection but his own skill, his own belief in himself and in his wingman. Righteousness is necessary for one's peace of mind, perhaps, but it is a poor substitute for agility . . . and a resolution to meet the enemy under any conditions and against any odds.

  Robert S. Johnson

  Men, Odds, Skills

  Robert S. Johnson, Martin Caidin “Thunderbolt! The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace”, Lulu.com

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• For me, making any kind of resolution or saying, "I'm doing this!" can only cause pain, to get very deep.

  Jen Kirkman

  Pain, Causes, Kind

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Maybe Ferrari's mirrors are excellent & have HD resolution

  Sebastian Vettel

  Mirrors, Ferrari, Excellent

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• My New Year's style resolution is to buy and wear more clothing that is handmade by artisans or eco-friendly.

  Lauren Bush

  New Year, Years, Style

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• Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions — all this effort to change others, when if we really got down to it we could use this energy to change ourselves… We become tired radicals because we use our weakest weapon: the ballot box, where we are always outnumbered, and refuse to use our strongest weapon: spiritual power.

  Ammon Hennacy

  Spiritual, Tired, Effort

  Ammon Hennacy (2010). “The Book of Ammon”, p.249, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• The question of international norms or international resolutions, you know, coming from Mr. Obama is not really about whether there are international norms or resolutions to uphold.

  Vijay Prashad

  Norm, International, Knows

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

  Jose Maria Aznar

  Iraq, Violation, Council

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• Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans went broke.

  Warren Buffett

  Government, Saving, Broke

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• Peace, however, is not merely a gift to be received: it is also a task to be undertaken. In order to be true peacemakers, we must educate ourselves in compassion, solidarity, working together, fraternity, in being active within the community and concerned to raise awareness about national and international issues and the importance of seeking adequate mechanisms for the redistribution of wealth, the promotion of growth, cooperation for development and conflict resolution. 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God', as Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Blessed, Son

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• People still make New Year's resolutions? Wow. I figured those were pointless once I perfected myself by directing, writing, and acting in Garden State. I guess it makes sense, though. It gives people a chance to hope that they can become as great as me someday.

  Zach Braff

  New Year, Writing, Garden

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• I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world.

  Jane Alison

  Thinking, World, Too Much

  Source: www.wbur.org

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