Steps Quotes - Page 39

• From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

  Denis Diderot

  Peace, War, Tyrants

  "Essai sur le Mérite de la Vertu". A translation and adaptation of "Inquiry concerning Virtue or Merit" by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, 1745.

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• Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

  Denis Diderot

  Philosophy, Firsts, Skepticism

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• The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.

  Vin Diesel

  Kids, Games, Play

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• The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Appreciate, Ingredients, Essentials

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• To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Education, Knowledge, Intelligent

  "Sybil". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, Book I, Chapter 5, 1845.

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• Reclaiming the word fat was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.

  Beth Ditto

  Emotional, Empowering, Progress

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. November 23, 2007.

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• I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

  Rita Dove

  Notebook, Firsts, First Steps

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• That's the difference between the NCAA and the NFL right now. They've got to step up and say, 'We're going to do the right thing. We're going to hire qualified people. We're going to hire the best man for the job regardless of what boosters or anyone else has to say.'

  Tony Dungy

  Jobs, Men, Nfl

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• And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

  Clint Eastwood

  College, Thinking, Talking

  "Transcript of Clint Eastwood speech at RNC". www.foxnews.com. August 30, 2012.

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• From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.

  Umberto Eco

  Lying, Long, Logic

  "Umberto Eco: 'People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged'". Interview with Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2011.

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• If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Change, Inspiring, Peace

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• The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Believe, Agreement, Important

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959”, p.331, Best Books on

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• I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer.

  Alfred Eisenstaedt

  Photography, Dream, Eye

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• Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Betrayal, Goal, May

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• Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do them, because I haven't lived that moment yet. I always feel very insecure and I get very excited.

  Suzanne Farrell

  Dance, Insecure, Ballet

  "Ballerina of the Century". The Academy of Achievement Interview in New York City, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

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• But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Song, Voice, Yesterday

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• We shouldn't be intimidated by someone else's idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Ideas, Perfection, Want

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• I can't always control my body the way I want to, and I can't control when I feel good or when I don't. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.

  Michael J. Fox

  Feel Good, Mind, Needs

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• Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

  Pope Francis

  Doors, Thought Provoking, Church

  Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.55, A&C Black

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• Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently - were proper instruments for incentivizing the judiciary. That's what the 'kids for cash' judges were apparently experimenting with.

  Thomas Frank

  Kids, Judging, Cash

  "Lock ‘em Up — Jailing Kids is a Proud American Tradition" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2009.

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• Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.

  Al Franken

  School, Government, Careers

  Al Franken (2004). “Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them”, p.6, Penguin

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• I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.

  Morgan Freeman

  Success, Perseverance, Determination

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• Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

  Galileo Galilei

  Perception, Failing, Reason

  Galileo Galilei (2010). “Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences”, p.60, Cosimo, Inc.

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• People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.

  Noel Gallagher

  Thinking, Player, People

  "Who wants to be a drug addict at 41?". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2008.

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• I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Humble, Humility

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.180, Vintage

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