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Letter "T" » The Mark
«You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
| Keywords:
consistently, high level, professional, The Mark, The Mark of
«Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place.»
Author: Phyllis McGinley
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«To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Doubt,
Principles
| Keywords:
civilized, doubted, first principle, first principles, The Mark, The Mark of
«Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons.»
«You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.»
Author: Richard M. Nixon
(President)
| About:
Losing
| Keywords:
loser, opponents, teammate, teammates, terribly, The Mark, The Mark of, victorious
«When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a man, because it is noble to do so and disgraceful not to do so.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Adventure,
Bravery,
Courage,
Risk-taking
| Keywords:
adventures, disgraceful, run away, The Mark, The Mark of
«To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.»
«Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah. [The Savior's Manual]»
Author: Richard Bach
(Writer)
| Keywords:
Anything Else, fake, faked, fakes, faking, manual, mark, Messiah, obligation, savior, The Manual, The Mark, The Mark of, The Messiah, true to
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