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«To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.»
Author: Arturo Toscanini
(Conductor)
| Keywords:
allegro, brio, con, cons, con brio, napoleon, philosophical
«He sees death in convicted thieves, the burglars, the muggers, the con men, the pimps, a death imposed by law, the gradual death of confinement behind bars.»
«The clergy successfully preached the doctrines of patience and pusillanimity; the active virtues of society were discouraged; and the last remains of a military spirit were buried in the cloister: a large portion of public and private wealth was con»
Author: Edward Gibbon
(Historian)
| Keywords:
buried, clergy, cloister, cloistered, con, cons, discouraged, doctrines, portion, preached, pusillanimity, successfully
«Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering, of calumny, of illness, of loneliness and of death. There is no real piety without heroism. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious con»
«As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.»
Author: Nelson Mandela
(Statesman)
| About:
Leadership,
Opinions
| Keywords:
all along, con, cons, directed, discussion, endeavored, flock, go out, nimble, oftentimes, represent, shepherd, shepherded, stays, the discussion, The Others, venturing, whereupon
«It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.»
Author: Gloria Steinem
(Activist, Writer)
| About:
Jobs
| Keywords:
after death, con, cons, Corporations, posthumous, systems