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Letter "P" » position
«If the spirit of business adventure is dulled, this country will cease to hold the foremost position in the world»
«Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.»
«Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.»
Author: Karl Marx
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Philosopher)
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Keywords:
fair,
feminine,
included,
measured,
position,
social,
social change,
social changes,
The Social,
upheaval,
upheavals
«A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again.»
Author: Pam Brown
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About:
Cats
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Keywords:
curled,
curled up,
curling,
curls,
curl up,
hopes,
knee,
last-minute,
maintain,
nearly,
position,
settle,
settle down,
somnolence,
upright
«If your position is everywhere, your momentum is zero.»
«Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.»
Author: William Arthur Ward
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Keywords:
character,
discovered,
found,
goodness,
greatness,
humility,
in service,
position,
positioning,
possessions,
prestige,
service
«Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(
Baptist Minister,
Civil-Rights Leader)
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Keywords:
asks,
conscience,
cowardice,
expediency,
More popular than,
neither,
Nor,
politic,
popular,
popular with,
position,
positioning,
question,
safe,
safes,
tells,
The Question,
The Right Questions
«Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.»
«Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.»
«A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.»