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“None of us just pop into the world fully formed, so it’s the little facts that make us.” -Thomm Quackenbush: “We Shadows”
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“In a fair gale every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot.” -Francis Quarles
The way to bliss lies not on beds of down,
And he that had no cross deserves no crown.
-Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles was born in 1592. Francis Quarles passed on in 1644.
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“You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this, nothing works unless you do.” -Nido Qubein
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” -Nido Qubein
Nido Qubein was born in 1948. He is a Lebanon-born American writer, business consultant, and motivational speaker.
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“If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.” -Robert Quillen
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“You get the most of what you need the least.” -Jane Bryant Quinn: ‘Staying Ahead’ syndicated newspaper column published in “Washington Post” (1975) newspaper
Jane Bryant Quinn was born on 5 February 1939 in Niagara Falls, New York, United States of America. She is a financial writer.
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“When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.” -Josiah Quincy
Josiah Quincy was born in 1744. Josiah Quincy passed on in 1775.
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“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.” -Anna Quindlen
“You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are. So I suppose the best piece of advice I could give anyone is pretty simple: get a life.” -Anna Quindlen: “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”
Anna Quindlen was born in 1952. She is an American writer.
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“Today, as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.” -Edgar Quinet: “Philosophy of Human History” (1825)
Edgar Quinet was born on 17 February 1803 in Bourg-en-Bresse, département of Ain. He became a historian and a writer. Edgar Quinet passed on at 72 years of age on 27 March 1875 in Versailles, France.
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“A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.” -Quintilian
“If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.” -Quintilian
“The learned understand the theory of art, the unlearned its pleasure.” -Quintilian: “De Institutione Oratoria”
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, also known simply as Quintilian or Quintillian or Quinctilian, was born in about C.E. 35 in Calagurris, Fibularia, Hispania (now Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain). He was an orator and rhetorician of ancient Rome. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus passed on in about C.E. 100.
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“None of us just pop into the world fully formed, so it’s the little facts that make us.” -Thomm Quackenbush: “We Shadows”
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“In a fair gale every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot.” -Francis Quarles
The way to bliss lies not on beds of down,
And he that had no cross deserves no crown.
-Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles was born in 1592. Francis Quarles passed on in 1644.
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“You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this, nothing works unless you do.” -Nido Qubein
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” -Nido Qubein
Nido Qubein was born in 1948. He is a Lebanon-born American writer, business consultant, and motivational speaker.
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“If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.” -Robert Quillen
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“You get the most of what you need the least.” -Jane Bryant Quinn: ‘Staying Ahead’ syndicated newspaper column published in “Washington Post” (1975) newspaper
Jane Bryant Quinn was born on 5 February 1939 in Niagara Falls, New York, United States of America. She is a financial writer.
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“When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.” -Josiah Quincy
Josiah Quincy was born in 1744. Josiah Quincy passed on in 1775.
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“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.” -Anna Quindlen
“You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are. So I suppose the best piece of advice I could give anyone is pretty simple: get a life.” -Anna Quindlen: “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”
Anna Quindlen was born in 1952. She is an American writer.
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“Today, as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.” -Edgar Quinet: “Philosophy of Human History” (1825)
Edgar Quinet was born on 17 February 1803 in Bourg-en-Bresse, département of Ain. He became a historian and a writer. Edgar Quinet passed on at 72 years of age on 27 March 1875 in Versailles, France.
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“A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.” -Quintilian
“If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.” -Quintilian
“The learned understand the theory of art, the unlearned its pleasure.” -Quintilian: “De Institutione Oratoria”
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, also known simply as Quintilian or Quintillian or Quinctilian, was born in about C.E. 35 in Calagurris, Fibularia, Hispania (now Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain). He was an orator and rhetorician of ancient Rome. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus passed on in about C.E. 100.
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