#chief

We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace. ↗

— James D. Watkins

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A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten". ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. ↗

— Walter Scott

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I'm extremely lucky in that my wife is the chief scheduler. ↗

— Seal

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I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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We need a little more 'Hail to the Chief.' ↗

— Robert Teeter

#hail #little #more #need

One's ignorance is one's chief asset. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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The saddest fact of climate change - and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response - is that the countries it will hit hardest are already among the poorest and most long-suffering. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

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