Quotes 1021 till 1040 of 3662.
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I am said to be difficult of acquaintance, unwilling to meet any one half way, and showing a social manner which is easy, not diffident, but formal and unresponsive, tending constantly to hold people off.
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I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look at each other beadily and inquisitively, and something goes on in their thoughts which must be equivalent to the way dogs and other animals, when they meet, sniff each other's arses and nuzzle each other's fur.
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I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.
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I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.
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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
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I believe that the fewer the laws in a home the better; but there is one law which should be as plainly understood as the shining of the sun is visible at noonday, and that is, implicit and instantaneous obedience from the child to the parent, not only for the peace of the home, but for the highest good of the child.
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I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned.
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I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.
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I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.
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I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.
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I consider myself neither legally nor morally bound to obey the laws made by a body in which I have no representation.
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I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed.
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I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
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I did send to you for certain sums of gold, which you denied me.
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I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.
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I do believe that organizations can certainly improve lives by specifying better fonts, which of course has an effect on how you read your e-mail.
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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
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I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote.
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I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy of nationalism and the economic anarchy of competitive enterprise.
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