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    Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.

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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the read more

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

by Frederick Douglass Found in: Needs Quotes,
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All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand read more

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.

by August Wilson Found in: Needs Quotes,
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Find a need and fill it.

Find a need and fill it.

by Ruth Stafford Peale Found in: Needs Quotes,
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At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could read more

At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?"

by Grace Murray Hopper Found in: Needs Quotes,
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A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with read more

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.

by George Eliot Found in: Needs Quotes,
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer read more

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul.

by John Muir Found in: Needs Quotes,
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People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.

People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.

by Ani Difranco Found in: Needs Quotes,
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There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, read more

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.

by William Faulkner Found in: Needs Quotes,
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Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the read more

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

by Albert Camus Found in: Needs Quotes,
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