Edmund Morris famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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History admires the wise, but elevates the brave.
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I’m aware of the- the fact that people elsewhere in the world think differently from us. I can sort of see us, us Americans with their eyes. And not all that I see is- is attractive. I see an insular people who are- are insensitive to foreign sensibilities, who are lazy, obese, complacent and increasingly perplexed as to why we are losing our place in the world to people who are more dynamic than us and more disciplined
-- Edmund Morris -
Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital.
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There are floods of praise coming in as well as criticism.
-- Edmund Morris -
I’m aware of the- the fact that people elsewhere in the world think differently from us. I can sort of see us, us Americans with their eyes. And not all that I see is- is attractive. I see an insular people who are- are insensitive to foreign sensibilities, who are lazy, obese, complacent and increasingly perplexed as to why we are losing our place in the world to people who are more dynamic than us and more disciplined
-- Edmund Morris
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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
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I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.
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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.
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Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power
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You can't test courage cautiously.
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How brave a ladybug must be! Each drop of rain is big as she. Can you imagine what you'd do, If raindrops fell as big as you?
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It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.
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A brave man, whose only fault was being a woman.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.
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