Achievement Quotes — Page 34

Singer-Songwriter

“New York is very intense. Every time I go back to New York, I'm starting from scratch. You could have all these achievements - records, a tour - and then you get home and get back to the basics. It whips you into shape.”

Home Achievement Intense

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Henry Louis Gates

Scholar, Historian

“An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement.”

Achievement Finest Diaspora

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

“Limitation of aims is the mother of wisdom and the secret of achievement.”

Mother Secret

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John Eliot

Philosopher

“All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream.”

Dream Achievement

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

“It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.”

Humanity Achievement Brutality

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Mark Kennedy

Politician

“While we enjoy the benefits of living in the greatest democracy in the world, we must be ever conscious of the fact that none of the achievements or freedoms enjoyed in America would be possible without the price that has been paid for by our servicemen.”

America Democracy Achievement

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Lewis Mumford

Philosopher, Author

“Faith in the creative process, in the dynamics of emergence, in the values and purposes that transcend past achievements and past forms, is the precondition of all further growth.”

Past Creative Achievement

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Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

“Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.”

Looks Doe Achievement

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher, Writer

“Those that achieve anything that looks beyond the vision and thinking of their peers provoke jealousy and hatred disguised as the ordinary.”

Thinking Success Achievement

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Mark Twain

Writer, Humorist

“When we do not know a person - and also when we do - we have to judge his size by the size and nature of his achievements, as compared with the achievements of others in his special line of business - there is no other way.”

Business Judging Achievement

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John Burroughs

Naturalist, Writer

“The five original nuclear weapon states I mentioned - U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia - under the NPT have committed to the achievement of the elimination of their nuclear arsenals through good faith negotiations of nuclear disarmament - that's Article Six of the treaty.”

Achievement Russia Nuclear Disarmament

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John Eliot

Philosopher

“Superstars perform so naturally and so instinctively that they seem to be able to enter a pressure-packed situation that would terrify or freeze most people as if nothing matters. They let it happen, let it go. They couldn't care less about the results.”

People Inspirational Achievement

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