Do not be excessively timid or excessively confident.
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In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
quote by Ian Jackson
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The excessively kind-hearted person becomes a slave.
When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
quote by Salman Rushdie
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Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.
quote by Gustave Flaubert
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But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States.
quote by Robert Mueller
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Books that are excessively bulky command respect, but they often remain untouched.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
quote by Virginia Woolf
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After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.
quote by William Henry Ashley
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Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.
quote by John W. Gardner
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What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating.
quote by Jean Anouilh
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When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.
Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest
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I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively.
quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
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There was an Old Man of the Hague,
Whose ideas were excessively vague;
He built a balloon
To examine the moon,
That deluded Old Man of the Hague.
by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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There was a Young Lady of Portugal,
Whose ideas were excessively nautical:
She climbed up a tree,
To examine the sea,
But declared she would never leave Portugal.
by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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Acronymn of Courage
C is for confidence in yourself, but not excessively.
O is for openess: Don't be afraid to be yourself, and shine in your own way
U is for understanding: God understands what you are going through
R is for remember - God is always there for you, and He will NEVER leave
A is for awesome, 'cause you are, and God thinks so too
G is for gentleness; Make use of your words to brighten someone's day,
E is for endurence; run the race which God has placed you in-live 4 God
Courage, dear heart.
poem by Macy Dvirnak
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Nostalgia
It is difficult for many to leave behind,
Their feelings of nostalgia.
An excessively sentimental yearning,
Overcomes some for a return to a past...
That has made them 'homesick'.
Even though the period and conditions once lived,
Are irrecoverable...
The attempt to do it has led many to insist,
With a protesting that their wishes are met.
And with threats, there are those who demand.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.
quote by Yann Martel
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There was a Young Lady of Poole,
Whose soup was excessively cool;
So she put it to boil
By the aid of some oil,
That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.
by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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