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But, in history, practical usefulness never determines the moral value of an achievement. Only the person who increases the knowledge humanity has about itself and enhances its creative consciousness permanently enriches humanity. — Stefan Zweig

New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises 'Why then are you not taking part in them? — H.G.Wells

Every clinical encounter is an opportunity to generate social capital. Even in situations where patient needs are complex or seemingly insurmountable, it is the empathy and goodwill which makes the difference. — Tony Tan

Too many of my fellow Christians voted for selfishness and for degradation of the beautiful world God created. I guess they figured that by the time the planet was a smoky wasteland, they'd be nice and comfy in heaven, so wotthehell. — Garrison Keillor

My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging. — Annette Bening

Today NBC makes certain content available online and I can't imagine we will change that process. — Brian Roberts

I was an all-around player - if I was just a scorer, there's no way the Hawks would have won 50 games four years in a row. — Dominique Wilkins

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon — Winston Churchill

I think often there is no good way out of something. No nice, easy ending or neat resolution, no clear way to set things right. That works in stories, in children's fairy tales, but not in real life. Nothing everything can be fixed. And perhaps not everything should be. — Elana K. Arnold

I like gold because it is a stabilizer; it is an insurance policy. — Kevin O'Leary

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master. — Joshua Reynolds

Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till He does. If you cannot hear His whisper, wait till you do. Take care of running before you are sent. Keep your wills in equipoise till God's hand gives the impulse and direction. — Alexander MacLaren

In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over my head. — Edvard Munch