tran Quotes and Quotations
Quote Authors: tran
These are all authors with the name tran.
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- John Coltrane
- Robbie Coltrane
- Tran Duc Luong
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Bertrand Russell
- Mark Strand
- Paul Strand
- Thuy Trang
- Nigel Tranter
tran Quotes and Quotations
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In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. Gregory Bateson | top
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We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid cities. James H. Breasted | top
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I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest. George W. Bush | top
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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Jimmy Carter | top
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Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II. Warren Christopher | top
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I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity. James Dickey | top
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We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken. Fyodor Dostoevsky | top
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The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization. Mary Douglas | top
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The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea. John Dyer | top
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And after I started working for the Bureau, most of my translation duties included translations of documents and investigations that actually started way before 9/11. Sibel Edmonds | top
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The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second. Ralph Fiennes | top
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I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again. Anne Frank | top
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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played. Taylor Hanson | top
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And if I can take part in it by transforming my own consciousness, then someone else's, I'm happy to do it. Bill Hicks | top
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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? Bell Hooks | top
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Every market is in transition. Kenneth Lay | top
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We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector. David Letterman | top
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The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility. Rachel Maddow | top
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It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going. Gustav Mahler | top
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After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I was born to see. Joy Page | top
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That's definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he is. I feel like I'm pretty calm most of the time and relaxed, which gives presence to the character. Brandon Routh | top
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If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers. Ed Sullivan | top
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One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding. Andrzej Wajda | top
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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. Irving Wallace | top
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My career has been a bit strange. I don't think it took the normal route. Fred Ward | top
