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«I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.»
Author: Erica Jong
| Keywords:
accepted, ahead, despite, gone, pounded, pounding, specifically, The Fear, turn back
«If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.»
Author: John D. Rockefeller
(Industrialist, Philanthropist)
| About:
Success
| Keywords:
accepted, paths, strike, strike out, succeed, travel, worn
«If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance»
«I saw a star, I reached for it, and I missed. So I accepted the sky.»
«If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.»
Author: General George S. Patton
(General)
| Keywords:
accepted, brave, bravery, definition, frightened, generally, generally accepted, intelligent, No Fear, quality
«For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can't possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. We stop being comparatives. We begin to be unique.»
Author: Gloria Steinem
(Activist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it.»
Author: Leo F. Buscaglia
| About:
Choice,
Love,
Romantic love
| Keywords:
accepted, as such, counter, countered, counters, expound, expounding, expounds, For some, generally accepted, inborn, romantic, romantic love, theory of
«In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
| Keywords:
accepted, at hand, govern, inevitable, materials, more or less, The Question, to advantage, turned, valid
«In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sa»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
| About:
Authority,
Law and lawyers,
Truth
| Keywords:
accepted, divine law, good authority, in truth, lawgiver, remarkable, resort, resorted, resorting, resort to
«I have never accepted what many people have kindly said-namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
accepted, fell, inspired, kindly, namely, proved, remorseless, resolute, The Nation, unconquerable
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