#undertake

There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay. ↗

— Herman Melville

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It has been popular to threaten "small islands and low-lying coasts" with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries. ↗

— Nils-Axel Morner

#analysis #been #careful #centuries #changes

If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it. ↗

— Christopher Gadsden

#administration #attended #cheerfully #country #credit

Whatever pursuit you undertake, the requirements should start with a love of what it is that you are pursuing. ↗

— Bill Toomey

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In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish. ↗

— Donald Trump

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Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#being #dead #dead end #defeat #delay

There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#any #because #could #cultivation #draft

My uncle is a Southern planter. He's an undertaker in Alabama. ↗

— Fred Allen

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