#brought

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

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Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought. ↗

— Thucydides

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I was long brought up to think that it was nothing short of a crime to miss a sale. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

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Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him. ↗

— Pontius Pilate

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There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace? ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz. ↗

— Harold Pinter

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Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good. ↗

— James K. Polk

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