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«If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.»
«It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Action,
Ambition,
Courage,
Criticism,
Willpower
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«He who knows best knows how little he knows»
«You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never to get involved in a land war in Asia. And only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!»
Author: The Princess Bride
| Keywords:
Against A, Asia, best-known, blundered, blundering, blunders, classic, famous, fell, go in, involved, one line, On the Line, Sicilian, slightly, The Classics, victim, well known
«The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat.»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
| Keywords:
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Olympic
«Make a proper investigation first. Proper investigation is good for a well-known person like yourself.»
«It is a well-known fact that although the public is fine when taken individually, when it forms itself into large groups, it tends to act as though it has one partially consumed Pez tablet for a brain.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.»
Author: Douglas Adams
(Writer)
| Keywords:
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«Better know nothing than half-know many things»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
best-known, better half, half, know nothing
«Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
arcane, best-known, concealed, obvious, well known
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