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Doings Quotes (page 976)

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. Ronald Reagan
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The..."
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done. Arthur Conan Doyle
Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away. Robert Fulghum
He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the words and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not. Cormac McCarthy
you can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. Frederick Buechner
Jane Austen quote: "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and..."
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? Jane Austen
Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.' 'You really must not say things like that before Dorian, Harry.' 'Before which Dorian? The one who is pouring out tea for us, or the one in the picture?' 'Before either.' 'I should like to come to the theatre with you, Lord Henry,' said the lad. 'Then you shall come; and you will come, too, Basil, won't you?' 'I can't, really. I would sooner not. I have a lot of work to do.' 'Well, then you and I will go alone, Mr. Gray.' 'I should... Oscar Wilde
So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do. Benjamin Franklin
Ayn Rand quote: "It's not a question of who will allow me to do it, it's a..."
It's not a question of who will allow me to do it, it's a question of who will stop me. Ayn Rand
Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question - do you first think of money and then love, or vice versa? Hedy Lamarr
She was startled. "But you're human, aren't you?"In some ways yes. But in other ways I'm a stranger to your kind. I have a friend who calls you plucked angels, and he claims you're a total waste of spirit. Do you ever think like that?"Of course, in honest moments. But I can be just as honest and think that we aren't a spiritual waste but a spiritual potential waiting to grow. Deepak Chopra
We do not want merely to see beauty... we want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it. That is why we have peopled air and earth and water with gods and goddesses, and nymphs and elves. C. S. Lewis
Toni Morrison quote: "Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something..."
Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do." Afterword by the Author(c)1993 Toni Morrison
I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards. Russell Brand
He's charmed by her as if she were some fairy!" continued Arabella. "See how he looks round at her, and lets his eyes rest on her. I am inclined to think that she don't care for him quite so much as he does for her. She's not a particular warm-hearted creature to my thinking, though she cares for him pretty middling much-- as much as she's able to; and he could make her heart ache a bit if he liked to try--which he's too simple to do. Thomas Hardy

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