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«The rocks of the original soil, he wrote, are arranged in perpendicular layers or inclined towards the horizon. They are composed of quartz, granite, shale, slate and talcose.»
«Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.»
«People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.»
Author: John Kotter
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People,
Vision
| Keywords:
aspirations, compelling, drawn, forge, forges, forging, get in, get in touch, inclined, inclines, inclining, leaders
«The first thing a television viewer realizes when watching a golf tournament is how the sport tends to make one inclined to whisper and avoid sudden movements, such as walking to the refrigerator [during] a possible birdie putt.»
Author: Peter Alfano
| About:
Television
| Keywords:
birdie, birdied, inclined, Movements, putt, realizes, refrigerator, refrigerators, tends, tends to, tournament, tournaments, viewer, viewers, whisper
«Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity. Trade makes men independent of one another and gives them a high idea of their personal importance: it leads them to want to manage their own affairs and teaches them to succeed therein. Hence it makes them inclined to liberty but disinclined to revolution.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian, Political scientist)
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delights, disinclined, Extreme Measures, inclined, insinuate, insinuates, insinuating, manage, measures, personal liberty, resorting, supple, therein
«Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.»
«Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could b»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Science
| Keywords:
based on, by laws, determined, events, hardly, holds, inclined, inclines, inclining, Laws, Laws of nature, research, researched, researches, researching, research scientist, scientific, scientific research, scientist, taking hold, the Action
«People who feel themselves to be exiles in this world are mightily inclined to believe themselves citizens of another»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
exiled, exiles, inclined, mightily, The Exile
«Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
half-witted, inclined, third class
«The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
assailant, inclined, liberty of the press, overbear, overbearing, overborne
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