A Quotes
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“As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.”
“As known unknowns become known; unknown unknowns proliferate; the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”
“As Korn go on, it's the same things - bad childhoods and mean moms. It gets too old after a while. How old is Jonathan? Thirty? How long has it been since he lived with his parents?”
“As Kylie buried her head on the camp leader's shoulder, she heard Burnett scold, "I thought I told you to wait at the camp." Kylie felt Holiday tense at the reprimand, and then she raised her head. "And I thought you knew I don't follow anyone's orders." "Does anyone listen to me around here?" Burnett asked, his frustration making his tone sound almost comical. "Obviously not," one of the FRU agents said, and chuckled.”
“As L&D leaders, our mission goes beyond imparting knowledge; it's about igniting the spark of curiosity and resilience that drives continuous learning.”
“As labaredas não tinham parança. Sôfregas, corriam à porfia sobre o palhiço. Depois, lambido o chão, chegavam-se à casca dos pinheiros, agarravam-se a ela e trepavam pelos troncos acima como cobras. No alto, na rama, era duma bocada só.”
Source: Contos Da Montanha
“As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its rights.”
“As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.”
Source: Speeches and debates, 1856-1858
“As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own child.”
Source: Nineteen Minutes
“As Laird of Badenoch, Will is a man of property and power. He needs an heir." She shook her head sadly. "I canna give him one."
"Ye've only been wed a few years. Give it time." A wistful smile lifted Margaret's lips, "Enjoy the making of a child. When all ye can hear in the night is one or another of your bairns crying, ye'll be wishing for the days when the only reason ye lost sleep was trying to give your man his heir.”
Source: Once Upon a Plaid
“As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.”
“As Landry came to a stop in front of her, she was suddenly reminded how big and muscular he was. He loomed over her by nearly a foot. She almost laughed as she had a vision of climbing up his body to kiss him. Not that she minded. Something told her it would be worth it.”
Source: To Love a Wolf
“As Lao Tzu says, "The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao".”
“As Lao Tzu wrote ‘to love strongly gives you strength. To be loved strongly gives you courage.’ So may you both grow stronger and more courageous with each passing year.”
Source: The Seal Cove Theoretical Society
“As Lara stared in the square Queen Anne mirror poised on the chest of drawers in her room, it seemed that the atmosphere changed, the air suddenly heavy and pressing. It was so quiet in the cottage that she could hear her own mad heartbeat. She caught sight of something in the mirror, a deliberate movement that paralyzed her. Someone had entered the cottage.
Skin prickling, Lara stood in frozen silence and stared into the mirror as another reflection joined her own. A man's bronzed face... short, sun-streaked brown hair... dark brown eyes... the hard, wide mouth she remembered so well. Tall... massive chest and shoulders... a physical power and assurance that made the room seem to shrink around him.
Lara's breath stopped. She wanted to run, to cry out, faint, but it seemed that she had been turned to stone. He stood just behind her, his head and shoulders looming far above hers. His gaze held hers in the mirror... The eyes were the same color, yet... he had never looked at her like this, with an intensity that made every inch of her skin burn. His was the hard gaze of a predator.
She shook in fright as his hands moved gently to her hair. One by one he slipped the confining pins from the shining sable mass, and set them on the dresser before her. Lara watched him, quivering with each light tug on her hair. "It's not true," she whispered.
He spoke in Hunter's voice, deep and slightly raspy. "I'm not a ghost, Lara."
She tore her gaze from the mirror and stumbled around to face him.
He was so much thinner, his body lean, almost rawboned, his heavy muscles thrown into stark prominence. His skin was tanned to a copper blaze that was far too exotic for an Englishman. And his hair had lightened to the mixed gold and brown of a griffin's feathers.”
Source: Stranger in My Arms
“As large as worlds. As old as Time. As patient as a brick.”
Source: The Light Fantastic: (Discworld Novel 2)
“As late as November 9, 1963, Texas saw the enormous value of the poll tax and voted to maintain this tool of disfranchisement because "removing the poll tax requirement...would 'allow' minorities to 'flood the polls.”
Source: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
“As late as the seventeenth century, monarchs owned so little furniture that they had to travel from palace to palace with wagon-loads of plate and bedspreads, of carpets and tapestries.”
Source: Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948
“As late as the summer of 1941, the Atlantic Monthly, then a still respected magazine for literates and edited by White men, published a long article by Albert Jay Nock, in which he proved that the Jews are an Oriental race that is incompatible with ours. He was not punished and the magazine was not destroyed, strange and almost incredible as that seems today.”
“As later events showed, this was a remarkable foresight that Dayananda showed. Later Blavatsky wrote that in him, 'there was a total absence of everything like degrading sycophancy and toadyism towards foreigners from interested motives.”
Source: A Dharmic Social History of India
“As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.”
“As Latinos, we are so aware of what people go through in order to come to America. It's very interesting to do research on something that's been culturally a part of your existence.”
“As Latinos, you want [people] to come to America - not necessarily Latinos, but [anyone who wants] to come here for a better life. That's kind of how this country was founded and the history of this country.”
“As Latter-day Saints we must ever be vigilant. The way for each person and each family to guard against the slings and arrows of the Adversary and to prepare for the great day of the Lord is to hold fast to the iron rod, to exercise greater faith, to repent of our sins and shortcomings, and to be anxiously engaged in the work of His kingdom on earth, which is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Herein lies the only true happiness for all our Father's children.”
“As Latter-day Saints, we need not look like the world. We need not entertain like the world. Our personal habits should be different. Our recreation should be different. Our concern for family will be different. As we establish this distinctiveness firmly in our life's pattern, the blessings of heaven await to assist us.”
“As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.”
“As leaders, how prepared are you to handle the next phase of evolution?”
Source: Quantraz
“As leaders in our communities and voices of the people, we must use our platforms judiciously. That means sharing information rooted in facts.”
“As leaders, our greatest legacy is not in the goals we achieve, but in the lives we touch, the talents we nurture, and the positive change we inspire in our teams.”
“As leaders, sometimes we have to be willing to be temporarily disliked in order to be permanently loved.”
“As leaders strive to be more authentic, they not only elevate their own leadership but also inspire authenticity within their teams, creating a ripple effect that can drive organizational success and create a legacy of positive influence.”
Source: Effective Leadership
“As leaders we do not create growth. The best we can do is create an environment that is conducive to growth. It is like planting a garden. You do not cause the seeds to grow. To grow is their natural purpose in life.”
“As leaders, we have to discern issues facing your organisation. The easiest way to discern is by listening. Sometimes, leadership skills translate to listening skills.”
Source: Lead by choice, not by checks
“As leaders we need to remember that. Strong convictions precede great actions. When we know something is right-- and that conviction is bolstered by the knowledge that our motives are pure...-- we need to follow through. Others may second-guess our thinking and our decision-making. But when we know what's right, we can't let those things throw us off. We need to stand by our convictions.”
Source: Wisdom from Women in the Bible: Giants of the Faith Speak into Our Lives
“As leaders, it all comes down to trust. Do you trust the sovereignty of God?”
“As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.”
Source: Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend
“As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization.”
“As leaders, we understand that intangibles are important, but we don't have a clue how to measure them.”
“As leaders, we're giving out grades in every encounter we have with people. We can choose to give out grades as an expectation to live up to, and then we can reassess them according to performance. Or we can offer grades as a possibility to live into. The second approach is much more powerful.”
“As learning of our universe saltates:
Cognition of our psyche auscultates (p. 73).”
Source: Incipiencies: A Primitiae of Poetry
“As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.”
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom
“As leaves on the trees, such is the life of man.”
“As Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman document in their book Networked, people who are heavily socially active online tend to be also heavily socially active offline; they’re just, well, social people.”
Source: Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
“As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.”
Source: A time to speak, a time to act: the movement in politics
“As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe? Jesus thirsts even now, in your heart and in the poor -- He knows your weakness. He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you.”
“As leopard feels at home with leopard.”
“As liberals are puppets in Donald Trump's show right now, all he needs to do is create any distraction and all of a sudden, the whole country is completely distracted, including the American left. We need to be laser focused on figuring out what are our values, what do we really want to be defending on the left, and how are we going to do that, coming up with the plan and moving forward.”
“As liberals, men like Richter viewed socialism as the great modern counter-revolution, and believed that the achievement of the socialist goal would lead both to appalling poverty and state absolutism. There was nothing in the socialist doctrine of the time that would suggest otherwise.”
“As liberdades ilimitadas destroem-se a si próprias.”
Source: Salazar: Citações
“As libertines we seek to find and provide pleasures for others before pleasing ourselves. Libertines are never boorish, profane or blasphemous. We seek to lessen any cause for offence while maximizing pleasure. After our liaisons, our return is eagerly anticipated, and our departure is mourned. For most men the reverse is the case. In a world where most men are barely on before they are off again, we take the time and the care to be gentle lovers and build the sighs and the panting of true delight.”
Source: Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell