Source Quotes - Page 32

• WikiLeaks is a source protection organization. We are famous for never having exposed one of our sources over 10 years. That's why sources trust us and they come to us.

  Julian Assange

  Years, Organization, Wikileaks

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• As editor of WikiLeaks, I am very proud of three things. Number one, we have never got it wrong in terms of what we say. A document is what it is. Number two, we have never revealed one of our sources ever. Number three, what are we proud of? We are proud that there is not a single instance of anyone coming into physical harm as a result of our publication.

  Julian Assange

  Editors, Two, Numbers

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Adam Smith actually took all his best ideas and lines from sources from medieval Persia. But one thing he doesn't take is the underlying assumption they have that the basis of a market is mutual aid.

  David Graeber

  Ideas, Lines, Assumption

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy on the planet: stupidity. I predict that in the future, scientists will learn how to convert stupidity into clean fuel.

  Scott Adams

  Focus, Effort, Stupidity

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• Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

  Mortimer Adler

  Men, Three, Way

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• I think all of us as women have this super-human quality. We create life, we give life, we are the sources of life for our children - we're all pretty bionic.

  Christina Aguilera

  Children, Thinking, Giving

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• The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

  Stephen Ambrose

  Inspirational, Faith, Past

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• Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.

  A. R. Ammons

  Self, Return, Plenitude

  A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.

  Maya Angelou

  Hurt, Heart, Feet

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• Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Friendship, Philosophical, Real Friends

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1948). “Aquinas Selected Political Writings”

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• In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions.

  Julian Assange

  Moving, Fighting, Law

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us, but we're presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up.

  Julian Assange

  People, Acting, Way

  "Why the world needs WikiLeaks". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.ted.com. July 2010.

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• An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment...

  David Attenborough

  Nature, Earth Day, Understanding

  "The Sum of You: Teach Yourself" by Alan Graham, Hachette UK, (p. 13), October 29, 2010.

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• It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

  David Attenborough

  Beauty, Nature, Earth Day

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• There is no possible source of evil except good.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Evil, Religion

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• The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

  Charles Babbage

  Wealth, Process, Indifferent

  Charles Babbage (1841). “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, p.4

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• I've learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly be magnified. So, as someone who talks for a living, I've learned to check, double-check and triple-check my sources.

  Michele Bachmann

  Levels, Way, I've Learned

  Michele Bachmann (2011). “Core of Conviction: My Story”, p.50, Penguin

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• As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.

  Kevin Bacon

  Break Up, New York, Make Or Break

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• Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

  Balthus

  Art, Painting, Pleasure

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• Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy.

  Travis Barker

  Morning, Eggs, Healthy

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• It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

  Pierre Bayle

  Diversity, Tolerance, Brotherhood

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• The body, in 'La Belle Noiseuse,' was the source of the artist's creativity.

  Emmanuelle Beart

  Creativity, Artist, Body

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

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• Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer - can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Prayer, Simple, Comfort

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Man is ever searching for the source whence he has come, searching for the life which is upwelling within him, immortal, nay, eternal and divine; and every religion is the answer from the Universal Spirit to the seeking spirits of men that came forth from Him.

  Annie Besant

  Men, Answers, Spirit

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• I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Jobs, School, Light

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