#undertake

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. ↗

— George Washington

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There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#business #great #show #show business #supply

Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

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Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#both #country #image #improve #local

Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young. ↗

— David Guterson

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Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#big #big ones #exchange #favors #friendship

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money. ↗

— Lewis Hallam

#five #hundred #journey #land #miles

The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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