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"The prize and punishments are incentives toward unnatural or forced effort, and, therefore we certainly cannot speak of the natural development of the child in connection with them."
"It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously."
"As a Republican, I voted with President Clinton consistently in our efforts to bail out our European friends in Kosovo to stop genocide. I am proud of those votes. I am proud of President Clinton for that."
"My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts."
"The Constitution is ...the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen"
"Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution."
"During the periods when South Korea played a more active role, the inter-Korean relationship was more peaceful, and there was less tension between the United States and North Korea. The last U.S. administration pursued a policy of strategic patience and did not make any effort to improve its relationship with North Korea. Also, the previous Korean government did not make any such efforts. The result is the reality you see today - North Korea continuing to advance its nuclear and missile program."
"Many a standing ovation has been caused by someone jumping to his feet in an effort to beat the rest of the audience to the parking lot."
"We urge the beginner in security buying not to waste his efforts and his money in trying to beat the market. Let him study security values and initially test out his judgment on price versus value with the smallest possible sums."
"In the mental disturbance and effort of writing, what sustains you is the certainty that on every page there is something left unsaid."
"It's usually easier to rouse stupidity to action than to arouse wisdom to effort, for wisdom sees alternatives while stupidity lacks the imagination to do this. All sinister interests in a country can depend ultimately upon the strength of stupidity."
"Do what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return."
"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere."
"For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination."
"The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures."
"You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected."
"God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour."
"All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted."
"They went in and out of each other's minds without any effort."
"Success is processional. It's the result of a series of small disciplines that lead us into habitual patterns of success that no longer require consistent will or effort."
