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"When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above, separated by an abyss, is the level where the highest things are achieved. These things are essentially anonymous." »Simone Weil
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"It is easy to bring others down to your level, Instead of bringing yourself up to their level, But it is never ever right." »Unknown
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"Everyone has his own truths and every such truth corresponds to a particular intelligence or consciousness level. If some religious absurdities are your truths, then you must increase your level to approach to the real truth! At the position of low level intelligence and consciousness, it is impossible to see the real truth!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier." »Alfred Lord Tennyson
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"For some, the universe ends at the borders of their villages; even for others, at the threshold of their home doors." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the educatability of man -- the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed ourselves to this problem before." »Jerome Seymour Bruner
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"Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof." »Thomas Fuller
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"Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is for a partner it doesn't turn to those who believe that they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly can. If we seek the average level, we cannot hope to achieve a higher level of success. Our only hope is to avoid being a failure." »Lou Vickery
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"My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section of the human race." »William H. Borah
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"I have been called the most powerful woman in the world, but I have on occasion lacked even the power of speech, because although we have crossed the threshold into a new century, there are still too many questions for which we have no answers." »Madeleine K. Albright, Farewell Remarks at U.S. Department of State; January 19, 2001; Washington, DC
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"As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that it strikes fear into your soul. You must stand ready, at any moment, to face the unknown. You must be ready to walk boldly thru the wall of uncertainty." »John "The Penguin" Bingham, The courage to start
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"Everyone rises to their level of incompetence." »Laurence J. Peter
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"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level." »Quentin Crisp
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"You have to reach a level of comfort with that risk." »Sally Ride, President, Space.com
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"In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." »Laurence J. Peter
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"Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself." »Joel Hawes
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"Never argue with an idiot, because they will only bring you down to their level and beat you by experience." »John Guerrero
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"The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." »Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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"When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats." »Claude Swanson
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"Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field." »John Gregory Dunne, Nothing Lost
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"We are always at the mercy of powers greater than us, even when our power is at its highest level!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"If you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you." »Robert F. Goheen
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"Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level." »Max L. Forman
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"Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself." »Joel Hawes
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"The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level." »Norman Mailer
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"As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are." »Joseph Farrell
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"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his." »James Grover Thurber
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"Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level." »Joyce
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"ife does not require us to make good it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience." »Harold Ruopp
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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." »Albert Einstein
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