A Quotes
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“A group of sheep led by a tiger can defeat a group of tigers led by a sheep.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A group of ten prisoners from Dachau, I was with them, we hid in the forest to wait for the Americans. The Germans had already left everything behind. We had food but no weapons. For days we could hear bombs exploding around us. We just wanted to survive long enough for the Americans to control the territory. We didn’t want to die. At that point, our prison uniforms were the only things to keep us from being shot on the spot by the Americans. That was all we had. Who would the Americans believe? Real prisoners or guards dressed as prisoners? Those devils might even say we were the Germans. This was our nightmare.”
Source: The Nature of Truth
“A group of tiny warriors no more than 2" high, their dark skins making them almost impossible to see, were silently surrounding an unsuspecting rodent. The kill was quick, the prey lifted in half a dozen miniature arms, & to Claire's surprise, thrown against the 3rd rail. There was a sudden flash, a wisp of smoke, & tiny voices chanting: "Bar. Be. Que! Bar! Be! Que!”
Source: The Second Summoning
“A group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.”
“A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.”
“A group of us were downtown on Bay Street. It was some twelve to fifteen of us with nothing to do. We had just been in a fight with some Kemp Road fellas. It really wasn’t anything to talk about, because we quickly ran them off Bay Street. Feeling pumped up about what we had just done and looking for more action, we started running in the middle of Bay Street, screaming and shouting ‘Rebellions!” and ‘Raiders for life!”, making a real nuisance of ourselves. About nine of us were arrested by the police and charged with public terror and disorderly behavior. So in fact, we were given our gang name by the police, and Milton Street became known as the Public Terrorist Rebellions. Galen ‘Ninja’ Nordelus former leader of the Public Terrorist Rebellions through Milton Street.”
Source: The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
“A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.”
“A group of women who valued motherhood, but valued it on their own timetable, began to make a new claim, one that had never surfaced in the abortion debate before this, that abortion was a woman's right. Most significantly, they argued that this right to abortion was essential to their right to equality -- the right to be treated as individuals rather than as potential mothers.”
Source: Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood
“A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his.”
“A group’s preference for specific activities is one important way values emerge in a culture. The leisure habits of the rich are framed as activities to see and to be seen at. They prove exercise, but no exertion; they are a courtly site of sociality and pleasure.”
Source: Critical Play: Radical Game Design
“A group simply announcing a caliphate, is not enough to establish a caliphate.”
“A grove of giant redwood or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.”
Source: The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places
“A grower of chrysanthemums awaited a visit from the emperor, who was coming to enjoy his blossoms, of which there were hundreds in bloom. The grower selected one magnificent specimen, then cut down all the others, leaving this one perfect flower. The emperor arrived and sat for several hours quietly gazing at this beautiful flower, letting its beauty have its way with him. Can you imagine being so caught up in appreciation of one flower that everything else fades into the background?”
“A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals.”
“A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.”
“A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.”
Source: Conjoint Family Therapy
“A growing body of evidence strongly suggests that people who do things faithfully and regularly for their own well-being, such as taking a multivitamin, exercising daily, or eating a certain diet, are, in fact, fundamentally different from people who don’t. People who adhere to, or comply with, medical advice are more likely to take care of themselves in numerous other ways as well: "Quite simply, people who comply with their doctors’ orders when given a prescription are different and healthier than people who don’t. This difference may be ultimately unquantifiable.”
Source: The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
“A growing body of evidence suggests that teaching babies ASL may improve their ability to speak. Again, this indicates a link between manual signing and vocal speech. Babies express cognitive abilities through certain hand gestures (e.g., by pointing with the index finger) earlier than they do through articulated words (the latter require more refined oral motor skills, which very young babies do not yet possess).”
Source: The NONVERBAL DICTIONARY of gestures, signs and body language cues
“A growing body of evidence suggests that the single greatest driver of both achievement and well-being is understanding how your daily efforts enhance the life of others…the defining of a meaningful life are ‘connecting and contributing to something beyond the self'.”
Source: Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World
“A growing body of research suggests that many of the health problems associated with eating beef are really problems with corn-fed beef.”
Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World
“A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists, and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many assume them to be. On basic questions of morality and human decency - issues such as governmental use of torture, the death penalty, punitive hitting of children, racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, environmental degradation or human rights - the irreligious tend to be more ethical than their religious peers, particularly compared with those who describe themselves as very religious.”
“A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to the poor, and a community life through which all its members can grow in their own gift.”
“A growing heat, like a million blazing suns all focused on me, lit my insides. It felt like I was being cooked in the Gabriella Roast Cooker, me spinning around-and-around to heat my flesh evenly. For some reason I was having trouble comprehending the sudden change in my revolving world as I swelled with a horrible, billowing fire.”
Source: Abyss
“A growing nation is the greatest ponzi game ever contrived.”
“A growing number of elite runners — including Kara Goucher, Doc Patton, and Paula Radcliffe — are proving that it’s possible to balance a tough training schedule with a family. In fact, some say that having a baby has actually helped them achieve better balance.”
“A growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent are African-American”
“A growing number of respectable scientists are defecting from the evolutionist camp.....moreover, for the most part these "experts" have abandoned Darwinism, not on the basis of religious faith or biblical persuasions, but on strictly scientific grounds, and in some instances, regretfully.”
“A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.”
“A growing sense of unease presently pervades the American consciousness. Americans are no longer as confident in their nation and self-assured as they once were. A sense of frustration and anger underscores American consciousness. Americans are looking over our shoulder at other emerging economic juggernauts and wondering if we can still be world’s social, political, and economic leader when Congress cannot even manage to balance the national budget. The thought that we are diminishing in stature in the eyes of the international community constantly torments Americans. Faded glory strikes a crippling blow to the American psyche. Analogous to an aging beauty queen, America might still possess a golden crown, but she lost her luster. In an eroding empire, Americans feel like second-class citizens in the union of nations.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“A grown child is a dangerous thing.”
“A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don't know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn't have cash on him.”
“A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.”
“A grown person in Tahiti has an eating hour allotted to him twice a day, at 10 A.M. and 5 P.M.”
Source: South-Sea Idyls
“A grown woman is like a coyote—she can get by on very little. Men are more like house cats. Leave them alone for too long and they'll die of sadness. Over the years I've grown to love men for this weakness.”
Source: Eileen
“A grown woman tasting a spoonful of Georgia's Mousse au Citron at a late afternoon lunch, then suddenly standing and announcing that she needed to reconcile with her estranged sister before it was too late. She'd hastened away, leaving her coat, one hundred euros to pay the bill, and the mostly uneaten mousse at the table. After devouring Georgia's beet and goat cheese tart one bitter winter evening, an American man with an engagement ring nestled on top of a slice of Georgia's cherry clafoutis looked across the table at his girlfriend and said later that he could suddenly see clearly that she was not the love of his life. He'd hastened back to the kitchen to remove the ring from the dessert where it was waiting to be served at the right moment. They left the restaurant with the ring in his pocket and his girlfriend in tears. There had been others. Many others, now that she thought of it. It had been a bit of a joke among the kitchen staff, that Georgia's dishes could cause more breakups and engagements and family feuds and reconciliations than the restaurant had ever seen. She'd never really put it all together before, but now that she thought of it...
"I think my cooking might give people clarity somehow," Georgia said in surprise.”
Source: Recipe for a Charmed Life
“A grownup is a child with layers on.”
“A growth mindset can be a guiding force when individuals underperform as it can provide a constructive framework for improvement.”
“A growth mindset enables you to embrace challenges as chances to develop new skills, broaden your perspective, and improve your resilience.”
Source: Fear OFF Life: Psychological tools to overcome 21st century fears
“A growth mindset guarantees that a person sees work as fun, no matter how hard that work is.”
“A growth mindset instills the motivation and determination needed to address the root cause subpar performance —whether it's emotions, motivations, or knowledge—and take purposeful action for improvement.”
“A growth mindset invites me to make every mistake a new one, to believe that I can choose to think differently, and thus to act differently.”
“A growth mindset is essential because it allows you to shift from a traditional, limited approach to recruiting to one that is more dynamic and inclusive.”
“A growth mindset is like having a superpower—it turns failures into fuel, challenges into opportunities, and dreams into reality.”
Source: Mindset and Success: Unlock Your Potential with a Growth Mindset
“A growth mindset proves invaluable in the quest to discover life's purpose.”
“A growth mindset transforms challenges and setbacks into opportunities for growth and learning.”
“A growth of beard darkened the lower half of his face. His valet would not be pleased if he saw him, but Violet was beyond pleased at the sight. She had never seen a man thus. They were either clean-shaven, or had fully developed beards. There must be some in-between phase, but she had never seen it. In the evenings on their trip, he would sometimes have a light growth that he must have shaved off by himself, because he appeared clean-shaven in the mornings. But this was probably a couple of days' worth. Her fingertips itched to rake over it and feel if it would scrape her skin or be soft to the touch. It made him appear rugged in a way that she found extremely appealing, as if the proper English gentleman had been undone to give way to this man who was far more carnal and raw.”
Source: The Devil and the Heiress
“A Growth-Optimised Mindset person has the deep belief that self-improvement is always possible, and that challenges, and "failures", are valuable opportunities, and resources, for SWIFT learning and Self-Growth.”
“A grub in filth is dirty, but it changes into a cicada and sips dew in the autumn breeze. Rotting plants have no luster, but they turn into foxfire and glow in the summer moonlight. So we know that purity emerges from impurity, and light is born from darkness.”
“A grudge is a ghost you've invited to live in your head; it’s time to evict the spirit and reclaim the space.”
Source: The Frictionless Life: 25 Essays on Character, Virtue, and the Art of Being Unshakable: Stop Chasing the Hustle. Start Building a Soul.
“A grudge is like a cesspool; forgiveness like a flowing river.”