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    Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or very foolish imagine otherwise

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I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that read more

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

by Jimmy Carter Found in: Balance Quotes,
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Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still read more

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.

by Sandra Day O'connor Found in: Balance Quotes,
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Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve read more

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over.

by Joan Konner Found in: Balance Quotes,
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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter read more

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

by Henri Matisse Found in: Balance Quotes,
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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Balance Quotes,
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books read more

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.

by Kate Seredy Found in: Balance Quotes,
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Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the read more

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

by Horace Mann Found in: Balance Quotes,
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Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence read more

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

by Julia Ward Howe Found in: Balance Quotes,
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If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war read more

If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.

by John Bright Found in: Balance Quotes,
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