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Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.
William E. Gladstone

Successful, Dangerous, Mediocrity

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.
Joan of Arc

Best, Morning, Today

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
William Ellery Channing

God, Truth, Human

Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman.
Maureen O'Hara

Deep, Soul, Tough

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.
James Bovard

Law, President, Longer

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.
Tom Brown, Jr.

Courage, Learned, Off

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.
George Linnaeus Banks

Love, Good, Live

Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
Vernon Howard

Mind, Remember, Mental

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
John Dryden

Fool, Tired, Wings

Above all things, reverence yourself.
Pythagoras

Yourself, Reverence

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuth

Tried, Beware, Correct

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.
Benjamin Netanyahu

Politics, Strong, American

You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. And when George Bush Jr. got in, my instincts told me it was time to go - I'd felt that we had grown above that, you know?
Tommy Chong

Time, Country, Left

Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear. There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law.
Claude Debussy

Law, Wish, Rules

Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
Walter Winchell

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
Jesse Jackson

Dreams, Impossible, Ceiling

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Death, Making, High

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
Ursula K. Le Guin

Great, Hope, Children

I've watched and learnt from DJs and remixers and paid way more attention to how I want my voice to sound. Before, as long as it was loud and in tune it was fine. I've discovered the difference made by various microphones and effects, so each track has a different vocal sound, my voice is woven into everything and it's above everything.
Ellie Goulding

Long, Everything, Different

I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat, but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare, but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting.
Ellie Goulding

Music, Live, Away

Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.
Paul Wellstone

Lives, Question, Quality

I have been through two wars in my 24 years, and I know what it's like to be without anything, to see the bombs flying above your head.
Novak Djokovic

Through, Two, Head

The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I'd be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby.
Vin Diesel

Thinking, Baby, Monday

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
Antonio Villaraigosa

Law, Police, Actions

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.
Andres Segovia

Music, Beautiful, Giving

I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
Sammy Hagar

Everything, Fighting, Rise

If you want a free society, teach your children what oppression tastes like. Tell them how many miracles it takes to get from here to there. Above all, encourage them to ask questions. Teach them to think for themselves.
Jonathan Sacks

Society, Children, Free

My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day.
Gene Simmons

Life, Good, Mother

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.
Diane Kruger

Dislike, Vulgarity

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Thomas a Kempis

Nature, Two, Earth

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