Robust Quotes - Page 9

• 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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• There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide.

  Rhianna Pratchett

  Pressure, Tough, Projects

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• Intellectual traditions emerging from populations that have always been the constitutive other in the development of the properly free citizen - indigenous people, populations labeled physically or mentally unfit, black people, migrants, women, prisoners - have always produced robust critiques of the what Dylan Rodriguez calls "white bourgeois freedom."

  Dean Spade

  White, People, Black

  "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

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• In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future.

  John Olver

  Teacher, Keys, Doctors

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• When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Strong, Opposites, People

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. December 3, 2012.

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• Men of the most robust make, observe that in looking upon sore eyes they often feel a very sensible soreness in their own, which proceeds from the same reason; that organ being in the strongest man more delicate, than any other part of the body is in the weakest.

  Adam Smith

  Eye, Men, Empathy

  Adam Smith (1869). “Essays On, I. Moral Sentiments: II. Astronomical Inquiries; III. Formation of Languages; IV. History of Ancient Physics; V. Ancient Logic and Metaphysicis; VI. The Imitative Arts; VII. Music, Dancing, Poetry; VIII. The External Senses; IX. English and Italian Verses”, p.10

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• By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Dog, Cousin, Animal

  "What the AKC Won’t Tell You About Its Top 10 Breeds" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 6, 2013.

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• Willpower is the fuel that runs human life; Like a driver in a computer application, Or Operating System in cyber programme, Willpower works life to performances; Life is deadwood; life, robust carrion, Without willpower in bright flame within.

  Praveen Kumar

  Running, Flames, Fuel

  Praveen Kumar “Celestial Glow”, AUTHOR

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• It is certainly not then-not in dreams- but when one is wide awake, at moments of robust joy and achievement, on the highest terrace of consciousness, that mortality has a chance to peer beyond its own limits, from the mast, from the past and its castle tower. And although nothing much can be seen through the mist, there is somehow the blissful feeling that one is looking in the right direction.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Dream, Truth, Past

  Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1989). “Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited”

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• Those are all computational engines that are highly distributed and therefore highly robust, .. We're seeing a very significant evolution in the way we even think about computer systems, let alone specific applications.

  Vinton Cerf

  Thinking, Way, Evolution

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• People who are knowledgeable about poetry sometimes discuss it in that knowing, rather hateful way in which oenophiles talk about wine: robust, delicate, muscular. This has nothing to do with how most of us experience it, the heart coming around the corner and unexpectedly running into the mind. Of all the words that have stuck to the ribs of my soul, poetry has been the most filling.

  Anna Quindlen

  Running, Heart, Wine

  Anna Quindlen (2004). “Loud and Clear”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• It's a robust time, probably the most fertile time for the underground and for revolution since Nixon. I'm not talking about political overthrow; I'm talking about just general cultural revolution. Bush has polarised the country and is creating this breeding ground for an opposition. In the next couple of months, they'll probably make it unpatriotic to be Democrat. It's pretty crazy.

  Neil Young

  Country, Couple, Crazy

  "'Will I be deported?'". Interview with Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. May 2003.

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• Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?

  Jeremy Irons

  Communication, Men, Hands

  "If a man pats a woman's bottom he's just being friendly, says Jeremy Irons" by Liz Thomas, www.dailymail.co.uk. August 9, 2011.

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• Given the rest of the economic news, including the fact that GDP growth is positive, inflation is still low, jobless claims are still moving downward and temporary services are firming up, that means the recovery continues, and we hope it will continue in a more robust fashion.

  Elaine Chao

  Fashion, Moving, Recovery

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• Cost-effective, attractive to business partners, environmentally friendly, easy access to a wide range of guidance and support - it makes good business sense to implement and maintain a robust and effective environmental management system

  Elliot Morley

  Business, Support, Environmental

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• Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt so rich, so blessed, so sincerely full of "enough."...I believe it is on this robust, overflowing ...contemplative pathway that one gains the joy and serenity to be generous.

  Brian D. McLaren

  Believe, Blessed, Practice

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• I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.

  Adam Lambert

  Crazy, Rocks, Soul

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• Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and deciding the best course of action in the face of that future are much less likely to do so. And much of what we've seen so far suggests that a large group of diverse individuals will come up with better and more robust forecasts and make more intelligent decisions than even the most skilled "decision maker."

  James Surowiecki

  Hard Work, Intelligent, Skills

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• Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, then the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. 'Cogito, ergo Deus est,' argues St. Augustine, 'I think, therefore God is.'

  Donna Woolfolk Cross

  Men, Thinking, Needs

  "Pope Joan". Book by Donna Woolfolk Cross, www.e-reading.club. 1996.

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• The Victorians were great engineers. They engineered a [schooling] system that was so robust that it's still with us today, continuously producing identical people for a machine that no longer exists.

  Sugata Mitra

  Motivation, Inspiration, People

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• Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Baby, Phones, White

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.58, Knopf

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• We are a strong, robust, and prosperous nation. Optimism is the essence of our success. It drives our creativity and emboldens our entrepreneurial spirit. It is what makes us invest in the future and accomplish our highest aims.

  Bill Frist

  Strong, Creativity, Optimistic

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• As an immigrant, I chose to live in America because it is one of the freest and most vibrant nations in the world. And as an immigrant, I feel an obligation to speak up for immigration policies that will keep America the most economically robust, creative and freedom-loving nation in the world.

  Rupert Murdoch

  America, Creative, Immigration

  "Rupert Murdoch speaks up for immigrants". www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2010.

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• Of course, if one ignores contradictory observations, one can claim to have an "elegant" or "robust" theory. But it isn't science.

  Halton Arp

  Science, Claims, Theory

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• If we do nothing, we still get to a post-carbon future, but it will be bleak. However, if we plan the transition, we can have a world that supports robust communities of healthy, creative people and ecosystems with millions of other species.

  Richard Heinberg

  Ecosystems, People, Support

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