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"Probably the
most distinctive
characteristic of
the
successful
politician is
selective
cowardice."
[RICHARD HARRIS] |
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"The first glance at
History convinces us that the actions of
men proceed from their needs,
their passions, their characters and
talents; and impresses us with the
belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of
actions."
[GEORGE WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL] |
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"When
writing a novel a
writer should create living people; people not characters. A character
is a caricature."
[ERNEST MILLER HEMINGWAY] |
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"A university's essential
character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a
thing not to be sacrificed for anything else."
[RICHARD HOFSTADTER] |
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"The delicate thing about
the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended
between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and
evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our
imagination."
[RICHARD HOFSTADTER]
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"Curiosity is one of the
permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."
[DR SAMUEL JOHNSON]
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"If you could
choose one
characteristic that
would get you
through
life, choose
a sense of humor."
[JENNIFER JONES] |
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"A person reveals his
character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
[GEORGE CHRISTOPHER LICHTENBERG] |
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"Nearly all
men can stand
adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him
power."
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]
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"The measure of a
man's
real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found
out."
[THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY]
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