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«Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.»
«There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.»
Author: Buck Rodgers
(Baseball Player)
| About:
Greatness
| Keywords:
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«The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. A house is built one brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little accomplishments.»
Author: David Joseph Schwartz
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«Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.»
«Subdue fate by exerting human strength to the maximum; and if, when the effort has been made and success is not achieved, no one else can be blamed.»
«Next to reasoning, the greatest handicap to the optimum development of Man lies in the fact that this planet is just barely habitable. Its minimum temperatures are too low, and its maximum temperatures too high. Its day is not long enough, and its night is too long. The disposition of its water and earth is distinctly unfortunate (the existence of the Mediterranean Sea in the place where we find it is perhaps the unhappiest accident in the whole firmament). These factors encourage depression, fear, war, and lack of vitality. They describe a planet, which is by no means perfectly devised for the nurturing or for the perpetuation of a higher intelligence.»
Author: James Thurber
(Writer)
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«The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man»
«Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.»
Author: Zig Ziglar
(Author, Speaker)
| About:
Ability,
Success
| Keywords:
ability, maximum, utilization
«Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Marriage
| Keywords:
combines, maximum, More popular than, popular, popular with, temptation
«Taxation is very much like dairy farming. The task is to extract the maximum amount of milk with the minimum amount of moo. And I'm afraid to say, that these days, all I'm getting is moo.»
Author: Terry Pratchett
(Writer)
| Keywords:
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