- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
My heart felt empty, and I tried to fill the void with food. However, instead of feeling better, I became anxious and felt like I was lacking.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have become unable to think of better education except in terms of more complex schools and of teachers trained for ever longer periods.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to keep growing, keep moving towards being one of the best in the world, and there is no better place to grow than Real Madrid.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guidebooks used to write the name of my city in two ways: Gjirokaster in Albanian, and Argyrokastron for foreigners. The classical-sounding name somehow gave it better credentials, because people in the Balkans famously exaggerate and often call their villages cities.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though there wasn't much damage, it's a disgrace that the skies over the imperial capital should have been defiled without a single enemy plane being shot down. It provides a regrettably graphic illustration of the saying that a bungling attack is better than the most skillful defense.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
First and foremost, I live for God now. His plans for me are better than whatever I can think.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the whole, I find that it is best to adopt as far as possible the travelling equipments of the country in which one travels. The muleteers and servants understand them better, and if anything goes wrong or wears out, it can be repaired or replaced.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't mean to live in Portland. It was kind of an accident - I mean, the equivalent of my car breaking down there and me being like, 'Well... I guess this is what I'm doing. I just can't find a better alternate.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to feel hyper-alive, and it's like, the more cartoonish and grotesque the level we can operate at, the better. It's like the world we live in has become quite safe in a lot of ways, and it has become harder to genuinely transgress. But the desire to transgress is a real feeling.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020