Exact Quotes

Looking for the exact wording of a quote that was posted here...

Looking for the exact wording of a quote that was posted here a while ago and the meaning was something along: “a single man can be wise, the masses can’t” - any clue about the exact quote?
📅︎ Mar 04
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"I owe my success to having listened respectfu...

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite." -- G. K. Chesterton
📅︎ Mar 03
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Cats can work out mathematicall...

Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience. Pam Brown
📅︎ Feb 19
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“And I knew exactly what to do. B...

“And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do.” – Michael Scott
📅︎ Mar 05
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He told me to live everyday again, almost exactly the same. The...

He told me to live everyday again, almost exactly the same. The first time with all the tensions and worries that stop us noticing how sweet the world can be. The second time, noticing.- About Time
📅︎ Mar 10
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Question: would you be ...

Question: would you be content if you were to live exactly what you preach?
📅︎ Mar 13
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“Every time you meet someone new, something very special has happened....

“Every time you meet someone new, something very special has happened. Both of you have been on different trajectories for your whole life, buy circumstances brought you to the exact same place in time and space.” -me
📅︎ Jan 06
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"Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replace...

"Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, 'Do I know you?'" — Steven Wright
📅︎ Dec 28
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Heal with the divine bliss, heal...

Heal with the divine bliss, heal with the divine kiss, on the exact spot without a miss ~Infinite Radius
📅︎ Jan 11
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"...Michael wasn’t exactly enjoying a period of low blood pressure. It struck him as ironic tha...

"...Michael wasn’t exactly enjoying a period of low blood pressure. It struck him as ironic that the fear of one little word could have such an effect on two grown boys. Would you like to get together this weekend? No. A big little word." - Christopher Pike, "Final Friends Book 1: The Party"
📅︎ Feb 23
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“Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, ...

“Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your country is wrong sometimes. Loving a country that was right all the time would be common sense, not patriotism” - Lee Child
📅︎ Feb 09
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"I am thankful for all those diffi...

"I am thankful for all those difficult people in my life, they have shown me exactly who I don't want to be."
📅︎ Jan 21
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"Knowing what it feels to be in...

"Knowing what it feels to be in pain, is exactly why we try to be kind to others." - Jiraya (Naruto)
📅︎ Jan 16
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"Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what...

"Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you; the right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That's the kind of person worth sticking with." -Juno
📅︎ Nov 26
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“I wonder if things can happen too early or too ...

“I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.” — Simon Van Booy
📅︎ Jan 17
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Do Not say you don't have time. You have exactly the same number ...

Do Not say you don't have time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein and Mother Teresa -- Jackson Brown
📅︎ Aug 09
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'I prefer true but imperfect knowledge, even if it leaves...

'I prefer true but imperfect knowledge, even if it leaves much indetermined and unpredictable, to a pretence of exact knowledge that is likely to be false' - Friedrich von Hayek
📅︎ Sep 04
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Not knowing what the next year holds can definitely be scar...

Not knowing what the next year holds can definitely be scary, but eventually there will come a day when you know exactly what the next year will hold, and that’s much scarier. - My dad
📅︎ Nov 26
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2020; This is the year we will loo...

2020; This is the year we will look back and *finally* understand exactly how it all went wrong. ~ StreetLight
📅︎ Dec 27
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“We can change our lives. W...

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.” — Tony Robbins
📅︎ Dec 19
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“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love ...

“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” —Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
📅︎ Sep 23
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"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to...

"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." — Paul Dirac
📅︎ Feb 27
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"There is so much to be grateful about chao...

"There is so much to be grateful about chaos, because what’s the point of dreaming if we knew exactly when our dreams would come true?"
📅︎ Dec 12
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"If you understand, then things are exactly what...

"If you understand, then things are exactly what they are. And, if you do not understand, then things are exactly what they are." -- Gensha, Zen Master
📅︎ Jul 31
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“You’ve made this day a very special day. Just by you...

“You’ve made this day a very special day. Just by you being yourself. There’s no one in the world exactly like you. And I like you just the way you are.” - Mr Rogers
📅︎ Jul 31
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“Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to fr...

“Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of thinking and striving anymore. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” ~Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday
📅︎ Oct 06
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"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to...

"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." - Paul Dirac
📅︎ Feb 05
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"People may not remember exactly what you ...

"People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel" - Maya Angelou
📅︎ Jun 03
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"Paradise is exactly like whe...

"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better." — Laurie Anderson
📅︎ Sep 10
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“To love someone is to strive to acc...

“To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now." - Mr. Rogers
📅︎ Jul 24
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"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and...

"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons." - Douglas Adams
📅︎ Jan 10
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Little help: The quote is something like "The socie...

Little help: The quote is something like "The society in which I wish to live would have me hanged as conservative." Anyone know the exact quote and it's author?
📅︎ May 23
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There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for a...

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” ― Douglas Adams,
📅︎ Sep 02
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"There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that ...

"There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob." — G. K. Chesterton
📅︎ Aug 08
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"I like you as you are, exactly and precisely, I think you turned out...

"I like you as you are, exactly and precisely, I think you turned out nicely and I like you as you are- and children need to hear that. I don't think anybody can grow unless he is accepted as he is." -Fred Rodgers
📅︎ Jul 24
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"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for ...

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams
📅︎ Dec 24
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“I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Roch...

“I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
📅︎ Mar 20
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"Being strong isn't the ability to show no emotion - i...

"Being strong isn't the ability to show no emotion - it's the ability not to be afraid to show them" - My brother (Might not be exact wording- said this a long time ago).
📅︎ Mar 08
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"Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. ...

"Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready" (The Old man And the Sea by Ernest Hemingway)
📅︎ Mar 03
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"Unless everything in your life is ...

"Unless everything in your life is exactly how you want it to be, you have something to learn" - Jordan Peterson
📅︎ Jul 24
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"I could die right now, Clem. I'm just... happy. I've never felt that b...

"I could die right now, Clem. I'm just... happy. I've never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to be." -Jim Carrey as Joel Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) ##wish to be able to say this someday.
📅︎ Jul 15
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"It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, w...

"It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars." — Arthur C. Clarke
📅︎ Jul 11
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“Coach lands in the runway at th...

“Coach lands in the runway at the exact same time as first class.” -Steve Jobs in the movie Steve Jobs.
📅︎ Feb 09
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"Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replace...

"Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, 'Do I know you?'" — Steven Wright
📅︎ Nov 14
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"[The Noble man] He will say, for instance: 'I may be mistaken of my value, and in the same ...

"[The Noble man] He will say, for instance: 'I may be mistaken of my value, and in the same breath demand my value be acknowledged exactly as I rate it.' This character, with the aid of history of all social strata should see the ordinary man is only what he passes for." - Nietzsche
📅︎ Jun 30
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“I am unable to describe exactly what is the matter with me; now and t...

“I am unable to describe exactly what is the matter with me; now and then there are horrible fits of anxiety, apparently without cause, or otherwise a feeling of emptiness and fatigue in the head.” ~ Vincent van Gogh
📅︎ Jan 23
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"i was told that time would heal all wounds but what exa...

"i was told that time would heal all wounds but what exactly do you do on days when it feels like the hands on your clock has arthritis?" -Rudy Francisco "To the New Boyfriend"
📅︎ May 29
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"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hou...

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
📅︎ Mar 08
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“It is not exactly giving but opening, relating to other people. It is a matter of ...

“It is not exactly giving but opening, relating to other people. It is a matter of acknowledging the existence of other people as they are, rather than relating to people in terms of a fixed and preconceived idea of comfort or discomfort” - Chögyam Trungpa
📅︎ May 23
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I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician...

I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate oneself is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own power. --Sherlock Holmes
📅︎ Feb 10
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“That's the secret. If you always make sure you're exactly the pers...

“That's the secret. If you always make sure you're exactly the person you hoped to be, if you always make sure you know only the very best people, then you won't care if you die tomorrow.” ― Carol Rifka Brunt
📅︎ May 07
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“I will never, ever believe in the words "too late" because it is never too late to be exactly wh...

“I will never, ever believe in the words "too late" because it is never too late to be exactly who you wish, do exactly what you should, say exactly what needs to be heard, and live the exact life you should be living.” ― Tyler Knott Gregson, Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series
📅︎ Dec 12
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“Whatever you hold in your mind on a ...

“Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.” ~ Tony Robbins
📅︎ Apr 12
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No two people are exactly alike, that’s why grouping them toge...

No two people are exactly alike, that’s why grouping them together is pointless. The most important thing is choosing the path that’s right for you. Show the others how you want to live.-unknown
📅︎ Apr 25
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”If you Copy and Do Exactly what a Su...

”If you Copy and Do Exactly what a Successful Man or Business Does then You Too Will end up Successful.” Author unknown
📅︎ Apr 14
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"When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when you jum...

"When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life and that I can’t do." — J. C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year
📅︎ Feb 05
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Never regret anything, ...

Never regret anything, because at one time it was exactly what you wanted...
📅︎ May 08
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"Our ambition is exactly proportioned to our powers. The height of the pinna...

"Our ambition is exactly proportioned to our powers. The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base. Every man has this call of the power to do something unique, and no man has any other call." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
📅︎ Mar 15
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"The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always abo...

"The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when." - Simon Sinek
📅︎ Dec 15
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"If an alien was trying to look like an Am...

"If an alien was trying to look like an American President, he'd look exactly like Michael Pence." ~Some dude overheard at Starbucks
📅︎ Mar 01
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"Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the...

"Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So, I figured that if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn’t be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason." — Hugo (movie)
📅︎ Apr 04
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The weird thing is now I'm exactly where I want to be. I've got my dream job at Cornell, and ...

The weird thing is now I'm exactly where I want to be. I've got my dream job at Cornell, and I'm still just thinking about my old pals. Only now they're the ones I made here. I wish there was a way to know you're in "the good old days", before you've actually left them. - Andy Bernard
📅︎ Nov 05
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"Like any number of us raised in the late 20th century, I've spent...

"Like any number of us raised in the late 20th century, I've spent my life perplexed about exactly how Hitler could have come to power. Watching Donald J Trump's rise, I now understand." -- Danielle Allen
📅︎ Mar 04
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There is only one world,the world pressing against you at this minute.There is only one minute...

There is only one world,the world pressing against you at this minute.There is only one minute in which you are alive,this minute—here and now.The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.Which is exactly what it is—a miracle and unrepeatable.—Storm Jameson
📅︎ Nov 08
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We can change our lives. ...

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish. Tony Robbins
📅︎ Dec 25
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"Change everything just a little so as to kee...

"Change everything just a little so as to keep everything exactly the same." -- the Prince (from Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's"The Leopard.")
📅︎ Jun 10
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