Quotes with 500-point

Quotes 221 till 240 of 451.

  • David Herbert Lawrence Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of violets, and to drag in the idea of a point is to ruin everything. Live and let live, love and let love, flower and fade, and follow the natural curve, which flows on, pointless.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Antonio Tabucchi Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Love is not love when it is mingled with regards that stand aloof from the entire point.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Brad Feld Many people, companies, and organizations are trying to protect the past at any cost. We see this regularly in business as the incumbent vs. innovator fight, but I think it's more profound than that. It's literally a difference in point of view.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Buzz Aldrin Maybe it was the challenge of flight, the opportunity to fly, the competition of summer camp and the inspiration and discipline of West Point. I think all of those things helped me to develop a dedication and inspired me to get ahead.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Albert Camus Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Vaclav Havel Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Paul De Man Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.
    Paul De Man
    In België geboren American literair criticus (1919 - 1983)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Monorails have their own fan club, which claims more than 2,500 members who swap monorail toys and trinkets. Modern light rail can claim no such devoted fan base.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Ben Horowitz Most companies that go through layoffs are never the same. They don't recover because trust is broken. And if you're not honest at the point where you're breaking trust anyway, you will never recover.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Caroline Dhavernas Most reporters I've spoken with want very badly to understand what is happening to her, but the why is really very unimportant. That is just not the point of the show. The journey is how she will deal with this situation, and how it will change her life.
    About her character on Wonderfalls, in Wonderfalls Spills Torrent of Wit by John Crooks at Zap2it.com (2004)
    Caroline Dhavernas
    Canadian actress (1978 - )
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  • Abbie Hoffman My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
    Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • James Thurber My drawings have been described as pre-internationalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had occurred to me. I shall not argue the point.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Bjorn Borg My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
    Bjorn Borg
    Swedish tennis player (1956 - )
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  • Bertrand Piccard My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.
    Bertrand Piccard
    Swiss psychiatrist (1958 - )
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  • Jean Rostand My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Armstrong Williams My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Bryan Callen My point of view is that men are basically animals, and I'm okay with that.
    Bryan Callen
    American stand-up comedian, actor, writer (1967 - )
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  • Brent Scowcroft My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Bob Hawke My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.
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