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• New Year's resolution: To refrain from saying witty, unkind things, unless they are really witty and irreparably damaging.

  James Agate

  New Year, Witty, Years

  James Agate (1946). “A Shorter Ego: Ego 4, Ego 5, Ego 6”

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• The way in which science and religion by and large complement each other is becoming ever clearer, as are the natures of the various points of tension between them and some possible resolutions of those tensions.

  George F. R. Ellis

  Scary, Way, Becoming

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• On the theory of the soul's mortality, the inferiority of women's capacity is easily accounted for: Their domestic life requires no higher faculties either of mind or body. This circumstance vanishes and becomes absolutely insignificant, on the religious theory: The one sex has an equal task to perform as the other: Their powers of reason and resolution ought also to have been equal, and both of them infinitely greater than at present.

  David Hume

  Religious, Sex, Women

  David Hume, Richard H. Popkin (1998). “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Second Edition)”, p.93, Hackett Publishing

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• I don't know if it's still taboo in our culture but counseling is a great thing because sometimes you need someone from the outside to sit down and go over whatever the questions or conflicts are and come to a resolution.

  Gabrielle Dennis

  Needs, Culture, Down And

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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. So the savings and loans went broke, the government stepped in, paid off depositors, and now they're left with this mass of assets to sell. We're not talking about selling here, we're talking about buying intelligently. They were selling what they got handed to them by a bunch of savings and loan operators that had in many cases had done some very dumb thing. But their job was to liquidate it. And they liquidated.

  Howard Warren Buffett

  Jobs, Government, Talking

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

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• To make a resolution and act accordingly is to live with hope. There may be difficulties and hardships, but not disappointment or despair if you follow the path steadily. Do not hurry. This is a fundamental rule. If you hurry and collapse or tumble down, nothing is achieved. DO not rest in your efforts; this is another fundamental rule. Without stopping, without haste, carefully taking a step at a time forward will surely get you there.

  Shinichi Suzuki

  Disappointment, Effort, Despair

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• Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future resolutions and emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. There is no more contemptible type of human character than that of the nerveless sentimentalist and dreamer, who spends his life in a weltering sea of sensibility and emotion, but who never does a manly concrete deed.

  William James

  Character, Sea, Feelings

  William James (1950). “The Principles of Psychology”, p.125, Courier Corporation

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• The war against Russia is an important chapter in the German nation's struggle for existence. [...] The objective of this battle must be the demolition of present-day Russia and must therefore be conducted with unprecedented severity. Every military action must be guided in planning and execution by an iron resolution to exterminate the enemy remorselessly and totally. In particular, no adherents of the contemporary Russian Bolshevik system are to be spared.

  Franz Halder

  Military, War, Struggle

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• He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.

  Milan Kundera

  Anger, Conflict, Intimidating

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• Passing a tough resolution or threatening Iran will not bring about the desired outcome.

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  Iran, Outcomes, Tough

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• I dont make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.

  Ian K. Smith

  Going Away, Ephemeral, Seems

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• Concrete, Steel & Paint portrays the core values of restorative justice-respect, responsibility and relationships-expressed through art. it is art that involves victims, offenders and communities in a dialogue that is sometimes difficult and painful, sometimes reconciling, but always engaging. As one prisoner says in the film, 'We have come together collectively through art.' It will be a great discussion tool for college classes, community groups and others interested in issues of justice, community-building, conflict resolution and socially-engaged art.

  Howard Zehr

  Art, Responsibility, College

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• In youth it is the outward aspect of things that most engages us; while in age, thought or reflection is the predominating qualityof the mind. Hence, youth is the time for poetry, and age is more inclined to philosophy. In practical affairs it is the same: a man shapes his resolutions in youth more by the impression that the outward world makes upon him; whereas, when he is old, it is thought that determines his actions.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophy, Men, Reflection

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.93, 谷月社

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• A mighty wind of resolution sets in strong upon him and freshens the whole atmosphere of his soul, sweeping down before it the light flakes of difficulty, till they vanish like snow upon the sea. He is imprisoned no more in a small compartment of time, but belongs to an eternity which is now and here. The isolation of his separate spirit passes away; and with the countless multitude of souls akin to God, he is but a wave of his unbounded deep. He is at one with Heaven, and hath found the secret place of the Almighty.

  James Martineau

  Strong, Light, Secret Places

  James Martineau (1843). “Endeavours After the Christian Life: Discourses”, p.260

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• Faith's speculations to the worst and hardest, in point of resolution, are sweet.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Sweet, Worst, Hardest

  Samuel Rutherford (1845). “The Trial and Triumph of Faith”, p.111

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• Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.

  Anthony Trollope

  Country, Hands, Gentleman

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.1234, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• I supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of Iraq.

  Bob Barr

  War, Iraq, Occupation

  "Election 2008: Presidential Candidate Bob Barr". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. August 21, 2008.

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• Personally, my taste is towards development of a character, as well as the resolution of a story plot. I like to find both, if I can.

  Alexis Denisof

  Character, Plot, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• When I stopped smoking cigars it was the biggest mistake I made in my life. So my resolution for 98 is Im going to start smoking cigars again. I gave them up about a year and a half ago, and I now realize that it may have been my one last fun, interesting thing to do.

  David Letterman

  Fun, Mistake, Years

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• Now these two questions Does there exist a material reality distinct from sensible appearances? and What is the nature of reality? do not have their source in experimental method, which is acquainted only with sensible appearances and can discover nothing beyond them. The resolution of these questions transcends the methods used by physics; it is the object of metaphysics. Therefore, if the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to metaphysics.

  Pierre Duhem

  Reality, Two, Theoretical Physics

  "The aim and structure of physical theory". Book by Pierre Duhem, translated by Philip P. Wiener, p. 10, 1991.

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• The resolution approved today presents the Iraqi regime with a test - a final test.

  George W. Bush

  Finals, Tests, Today

  "CNN Breaking News" with Leon Harris, www.cnn.com. November 8, 2002.

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• The Soviet Union has long been proposing to outlaw chemical weapons, to remove them from the arsenals of states. We are prepared for resolution of this problem either on a global basis or piece by piece. As one of the first steps the USSR and the other socialist countries proposed in January 1984 that agreement be reached on ridding Europe of all types of chemical weapons.

  Konstantin Chernenko

  Country, Socialist Countries, Agreement

  "World Peace and the Developing Countries" Joseph Rotblat, Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, (p. 126), 1986.

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• The resolution of the Phoenix Saga was one of the most frustrating experiences that I think any of us ever had, but I also think it was the right move. The decision, three years later, to undo the Phoenix Saga with the resurrection of Jean was less so, but that's in my opinion.

  Chris Claremont

  Moving, Thinking, Years

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• Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is unlimited, but it comes down according to the season. Grocers put sugar in a bag, but their supply of sugar is not the amount in the bag. When you come to a grocer, he has sugar in abundance. But he sees how much money you have brought and gives accordingly. Your currency on this Path is resolution and faith, and you are taught according to your resolution and faith. When you come seeking sugar, they examine your bag to see what its capacity is; then they measure out accordingly.

  Rumi

  Wisdom, Rain, Islamic

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• I took the position of organizing 126 Democrats who voted against the Iraq war resolution. And I happen to think it was the right position. Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion, and it could rise the casualties could go into the thousands and the costs could go over a half trillion if we stay there for years, as a number of people on this stage intend to see happen.

  Dennis Kucinich

  War, Thinking, Years

  N.H. Democratic Debate, www.foxnews.com. January 23, 2004.

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