Traits Quotes - Page 19

• A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.

  Jerzy Kosinski

  New York, Europe, Cities

  Jerzy Kosinski (2012). “Oral Pleasure: Kosinski as Storyteller: Kosinski as Storyteller”, p.269, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

  Katie Couric

  Kindness, Assuming, Behavior

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• Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.

  William Hazlitt

  Justice, Judging, Prejudice

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1341, Delphi Classics

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• Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other words, something had to be in it for him. And thus he became the father of lies and selfishness. Taking up one's cross and following the Savior means overcoming selfishness; it is a commitment to serve others. Selfishness is one of the baser human traits, which must be subdued and overcome. We torture our souls when we focus on getting rather than giving.

  James E. Faust

  Selfish, Lying, Father

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• The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary traits, its chemical identification by Avery (confirmed by Hershey), and the elucidation by Watson and Crick of the structural basis of its replicative invariance, are without any doubt the most important discoveries ever made in biology. To this must be added the theory of natural selection, whose certainty and full significance were established only by those later theories.

  Jacques Monod

  Science, Dna, Discovery

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• My sexuality is not an inferior trait that needs to be chaperoned by emotionalism or morality.

  Alice Bag

  Needs, Morality, Sexuality

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• I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

  Larry Wall

  Trying, Roles, Stubborn

  Usenet article <20031215021442.GA4012@wall.org>, groups.google.com. December 15, 2003.

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• But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.

  Jodi Picoult

  Fall, Sacrifice, Expectations

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.457, Simon and Schuster

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• Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.

  Peter Hook

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Manchester

  Interview with Matt Cotterill, higher-frequency.com. April 15, 2006.

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• Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Prejudice, Taught, Born

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• My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn't diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger's syndrome, specifically). But there were certainly traits within that condition, within the autism spectrum in general, especially at the high functioning end, that I think are best looked at as pluses.

  Daniel Tammet

  Teenager, Thinking, Autism

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• It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring.

  Linus Torvalds

  Personality, Boring, Found

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• It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to an ancient fable, of which they indistinctly appreciate the beauty or the truth. By a faint and dream-like effort, though it be only by the vote of a scientific body, the dullest posterity slowly add some trait to the mythus. As when astronomers call the lately discovered planet Neptune; or the asteroid Astr

  Henry David Thoreau

  Dream, Appreciate, Giving

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.482, Simon and Schuster

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• It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Philosophy, Book, Character

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.64, Shambhala Publications

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• Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Leadership, Mistake, Character

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• I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  People, Focus, Skins

  "Kristin Scott Thomas’s Tough Love". Interview with Gillian Mohney, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 8, 2010.

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• The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

  Adora Svitak

  Thinking, Age, Adults

  "12-year-old author: Don't say 'childish'" by John D. Sutter, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2010.

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• Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.

  Jerry Bridges

  Character, Spirit, Virtue

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Growing Your Faith: How to Mature in Christ”, p.30, Tyndale House

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• Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that is. What people should do is take role models a la carte. If there's someone whose character you appreciated, you respect that trait.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Character, People, Role Models

  Interview with Peter Tyson, www.pbs.org. September 28, 2004.

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• The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.

  Stewart Udall

  Brother, Native American, Son

  Stewart L. Udall (1988). “The quiet crisis and the next generation”, Gibbs Smith

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• I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.

  David Walliams

  Gentleman, Retired, Knows

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

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• You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you build in childhood as you grow up. And I also think that you gravitate to certain people, actually, with somewhat complementary brain systems.

  Helen Fisher

  Falling In Love, Growing Up, Thinking

  "Sharing The Good Life". Prezi Inc., prezi.com. November 15, 2013.

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• The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Life, Friendship, Family

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• Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.

  Ariel Sharon

  Running, Country, Israel

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• Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole. Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant and polite are dead. Allow both passion and courtesy into your life in equal measure, and be complete.

  Vera Nazarian

  Passion, Opposites, Two

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