#ideal

My ideal weight is 205, actually. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#ideal #weight

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. ↗

— James Lane Allen

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Who is the ideal reader? God only knows. ↗

— John Barton

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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal. ↗

— Richard Wagner

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Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals. ↗

— Ralph Bunche

#hearts #ideals #noble #response #strongest

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#gentlemen #idealism #noble #over #political