#merit

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits. ↗

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

#children #exist #going #longer #marriage

When you bring an idea that has no merit to me, and you ask me to comment on it, I'm going to tell you it has no merit. ↗

— Kevin O'Leary

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I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. ↗

— Frank Ocean

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People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. ↗

— Frank Ocean

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Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#economy #firm #freedom #merits #person

In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit. ↗

— Rand Paul

#based #country #merit #old #old country

If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards. ↗

— Annie Proulx

#academy awards #attention #awards #based #independent

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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