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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. ↗

— Voltaire

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Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors. ↗

— Voltaire

#female #found #inventors #learned #manner

We have an integrated picture of the threat from outside and from within that is provided not only to our foreign ministers but also to our justice and interior ministers. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#foreign #integrated #interior #justice #ministers

I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#am #beings #fond #full #i

If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens. ↗

— Donnie Wahlberg

#downs #expect #level #period #same

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#cut #each #goal #goals #into

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#attitude #birth #criterion #edge #gifted

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#changed #changes #focus #great #had

I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#books #court #during #fact #hampton

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

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