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An eminent Iranian composer, Pezhman Mosleh, has honored me with this gift (the piece of On the Threshold). – Dr. Irvin Yalom	added by Best-Quotes 2 years ago
I've received many tributes but none touched me as yours did. you're both a musician and a very fine poet. An eminent Iranian composer, Pezhman Mosleh, has honored me with this gift (the piece of On the Threshold) - irv yalom – Dr. Irvin Yalom	added by Best-Quotes 2 years ago
What happened in Afghanistan has solidified those views and moreover, on top of that they are trying to create a narrative that will promote America’s decline, there is a very wide ranging, comprehensive approach to displace the United States as pre-eminent world power, that includes stealing our technology, sowing divisions between the U.S. and its allies, campaigns to heighten political divisiveness in the US, the list goes on and on. – James Anderson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Good journalism, like good science, should follow evidence, not narratives. It should pay as much heed to intelligent gadflies as it does to eminent authorities. And it should never treat honest disagreement as moral heresy, anyone wondering why so many people have become so hostile to the pronouncements of public-health officials and science journalists should draw the appropriate conclusion from this story. When lecturing the public about the dangers of misinformation, it’s best not to peddle it yourself. – Bret Stephens	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Last December [ in fact, Jan. 2, 2019 ], China became the first nation to land on the far side of the moon, and revealed their ambition to seize the lunar strategic high ground and become the worlds pre-eminent spacefaring nation, and for more than seven years, without a viable human space launch program of our own, Russia has been charging the United States more than $80 million a seat every time an American astronaut travels to the International Space Station. – Mike Pence	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We are hoping to take a page out of British cycling, who became the world's pre-eminent cycling power after they built their velodrome in Manchester and the National Cycling Centre... so we are hoping to develop cycling amongst the youth and reach the highest level of the sport. – Sylvan Adams	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We plan to invest more than $300 billion over the coming decade to reinforce our pre-eminent position in oil, maintain our spare oil production capacity, and pursue a large exploration and production program centering on conventional and unconventional gas resources. – Amin Nasser	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I am committed to making the State Department the pre-eminent force to protect American values and promote American values in the world. – William Sullivan	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The United States will remain the pre-eminent global military power over the next two decades, it will continue to be Australia’s most important strategic partner through our long-standing alliance, and the active presence of the United States will continue to underpin the stability of our region. – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Do you see the negative ads now, all phony ads, those ads are paid for by lobbyists … those ads, they have them on eminent domain, all sorts of stuff. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
When he talks about the taking of land -- the Bush family used the taking of land, eminent domain, on Texas stadium. So you look at this kind of stuff, it's absolutely amazing, how can he criticize me for using eminent domain when his own family used it? – Donald Trump on Monday	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City. That is not public purpose. That is downright wrong. – Jeb Bush	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Keystone pipeline -- without eminent domain, you wouldn't go 10 feet, okay? – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City, that is not public purpose. That is down right wrong. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City. – Jeb Bush	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Eminent domain -- when it comes to jobs, roads, the public good -- I think it's a wonderful thing, i fully understand the conservative approach, but I don't think it was explained to most conservatives. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Donald Trump has said he thinks eminent domain is fantastic, and he supports using government power to seize private people's homes, to give them to giant corporations to say hypothetically build a casino, now he's entitled to have that view. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Donald Trump has said he thinks eminent domain is fantastic. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't think there's much doubt that, in the long term, Hillary's still the pre-eminent candidate for the Democratic nomination, she and Bill together have made probably the most acutely aware and knowledgeable and competent political team that we've ever seen. – Former President Jimmy Carter	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It depends upon the circumstances. That is what eminent domain is all about, that's why we have the ability for people to go to court and work through that, i can't give a generalized answer on that. A generalized answer is just sophomoric and I won't give one. – Chris Christie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We understand and are sensitive to the issues surrounding the potential use of eminent domain, which is rarely used. – Ron McClain	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn, We must not worry about committing an offence against the rights of nations nor about violating the laws of humanity. Such feelings today are of secondary importance? A month later, on October 21, 1914, he wrote in Der Tag, If a way was found of entirely wiping out the whole of London it would be more humane to employ it than to allow the blood of A SINGLE GERMAN SOLDIER to be shed on the battlefield! – Georges Clémenceau	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Eminent positions make eminent men greater and little men less. – La Bruy?re	added by anonymous 12 years ago
A man eminent in learning has not even a little virtue if he fears to practise it. What precious things can be shown to a blind man when he holds a lamp in his hand? – The Hitopadesa	added by anonymous 12 years ago

An eminent Iranian composer, Pezhman Mosleh, has honored me with this gift (the piece of On the Threshold).

– Dr. Irvin Yalom

added by Best-Quotes
2 years ago

I've received many tributes but none touched me as yours did. you're both a musician and a very fine poet. An eminent Iranian composer, Pezhman Mosleh, has honored me with this gift (the piece of On the Threshold) - irv yalom

– Dr. Irvin Yalom

added by Best-Quotes
2 years ago

What happened in Afghanistan has solidified those views and moreover, on top of that they are trying to create a narrative that will promote America’s decline, there is a very wide ranging, comprehensive approach to displace the United States as pre-eminent world power, that includes stealing our technology, sowing divisions between the U.S. and its allies, campaigns to heighten political divisiveness in the US, the list goes on and on.

– James Anderson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Good journalism, like good science, should follow evidence, not narratives. It should pay as much heed to intelligent gadflies as it does to eminent authorities. And it should never treat honest disagreement as moral heresy, anyone wondering why so many people have become so hostile to the pronouncements of public-health officials and science journalists should draw the appropriate conclusion from this story. When lecturing the public about the dangers of misinformation, it’s best not to peddle it yourself.

– Bret Stephens

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Last December [ in fact, Jan. 2, 2019 ], China became the first nation to land on the far side of the moon, and revealed their ambition to seize the lunar strategic high ground and become the worlds pre-eminent spacefaring nation, and for more than seven years, without a viable human space launch program of our own, Russia has been charging the United States more than $80 million a seat every time an American astronaut travels to the International Space Station.

– Mike Pence

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We are hoping to take a page out of British cycling, who became the world's pre-eminent cycling power after they built their velodrome in Manchester and the National Cycling Centre... so we are hoping to develop cycling amongst the youth and reach the highest level of the sport.

– Sylvan Adams

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We plan to invest more than $300 billion over the coming decade to reinforce our pre-eminent position in oil, maintain our spare oil production capacity, and pursue a large exploration and production program centering on conventional and unconventional gas resources.

– Amin Nasser

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I am committed to making the State Department the pre-eminent force to protect American values and promote American values in the world.

– William Sullivan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The United States will remain the pre-eminent global military power over the next two decades, it will continue to be Australia’s most important strategic partner through our long-standing alliance, and the active presence of the United States will continue to underpin the stability of our region.

– Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Do you see the negative ads now, all phony ads, those ads are paid for by lobbyists … those ads, they have them on eminent domain, all sorts of stuff.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

When he talks about the taking of land -- the Bush family used the taking of land, eminent domain, on Texas stadium. So you look at this kind of stuff, it's absolutely amazing, how can he criticize me for using eminent domain when his own family used it?

– Donald Trump on Monday

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City. That is not public purpose. That is downright wrong.

– Jeb Bush

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Keystone pipeline -- without eminent domain, you wouldn't go 10 feet, okay?

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City, that is not public purpose. That is down right wrong.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City.

– Jeb Bush

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Eminent domain -- when it comes to jobs, roads, the public good -- I think it's a wonderful thing, i fully understand the conservative approach, but I don't think it was explained to most conservatives.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Donald Trump has said he thinks eminent domain is fantastic, and he supports using government power to seize private people's homes, to give them to giant corporations to say hypothetically build a casino, now he's entitled to have that view.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Donald Trump has said he thinks eminent domain is fantastic.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I don't think there's much doubt that, in the long term, Hillary's still the pre-eminent candidate for the Democratic nomination, she and Bill together have made probably the most acutely aware and knowledgeable and competent political team that we've ever seen.

– Former President Jimmy Carter

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It depends upon the circumstances. That is what eminent domain is all about, that's why we have the ability for people to go to court and work through that, i can't give a generalized answer on that. A generalized answer is just sophomoric and I won't give one.

– Chris Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We understand and are sensitive to the issues surrounding the potential use of eminent domain, which is rarely used.

– Ron McClain

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn, We must not worry about committing an offence against the rights of nations nor about violating the laws of humanity. Such feelings today are of secondary importance? A month later, on October 21, 1914, he wrote in Der Tag, If a way was found of entirely wiping out the whole of London it would be more humane to employ it than to allow the blood of A SINGLE GERMAN SOLDIER to be shed on the battlefield!

– Georges Clémenceau

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Eminent positions make eminent men greater and little men less.

– La Bruy?re

added by anonymous
12 years ago

A man eminent in learning has not even a little virtue if he fears to practise it. What precious things can be shown to a blind man when he holds a lamp in his hand?

– The Hitopadesa

added by anonymous
12 years ago

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