Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
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Attributes
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Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"The more of himself man attributes to God, the less he has left in himself."
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"God and all attributes of God are eternal."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"The resources of the scholar are proportioned to his confidence in the attributes of the intellect."
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"Satyagraha is an attribute of the spirit within."
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"The most dominant cultural attributes maintained are the ones that are reinforced by your environment."
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"It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did."
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"Patience is one of the most valuable attributes in investing."
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"He has every attribute of a dog except loyalty."
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"Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself."
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"Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world."
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"I've said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity."
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"Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too."
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"The principle of love within us is an attribute of the Deity, and it is placed within us to be dispensed independently according to our own will."
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"Sense your presence, the naked, unveiled, unclothed beingness. It is untouched by young or old, rich or poor, good or bad, or any other attributes."
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"This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words."
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"All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant; unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true."
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"God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him."
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"The odds are so stacked against you to have a music career in a place where there's virtually no music industry. So I always attribute it to God."
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"It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone's malignity."
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"Direct thought is not an attribute of feminity. In this, women are now centuries behind man."
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"Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer."
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"The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to the enterprise of science."
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"I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an actor."
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"All merely graceful attributes are usually the most evanescent."
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