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We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make...

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

Quote by Dean Acheson about nation

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.

Quote by Lynn Abbey

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about humility, interest, happiness

Fantasia is actively promoting her new record. She is so...

Fantasia is actively promoting her new record. She is so loved by so many. Everyone wants to see her out there.

Quote by Paula Abdul

The fact that the internet is so active; people can now...

The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.

Quote by Randy Bachman about internet, people

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be...

Quote by Walter Bagehot about circumstances, habits, man

The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin.

Quote by Gerry Adams about good, good luck

When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue.

Quote by Prince Andrew about question, day, family, mind

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about value, action, virtue, truth, life

I recognized that teaching and research institutions...

I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions.

Quote by Richard Ernst about teaching, research

My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are,...

Quote by Boy George about people, mother

The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played a large part in the sweeping victory he won at the polls.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about workers, victory

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue...

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

Quote by William Godwin about perseverance, influence, principle

This thing called revolutionary propaganda and activity is something of an art in itself. It has been developed to a high degree in Europe where revolutionary groups have been active for half a century and where Communist revolutionary groups have...

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about activity, past, art, magic, things

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

Quote by William Godwin about rightness, man, real estate

We have been actively trying to have New York City host...

We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics.

Quote by George Pataki about activity, city

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization....

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

Quote by Mandy Patinkin about safety, public

I am firmly convinced that, in future years, China and India will join hands in playing a more active role in maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world at large and make due contribution to the cause of human progress and...

Quote by Li Peng about evolution, progress, future, peace, human imperfections, world

To express the same idea in still another way, I think...

To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.

Quote by Jean Piaget about idea, knowledge, human imperfections

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