Quotes 321 till 340 of 401.
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The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
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The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.
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The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .
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The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development.
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The skyline in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope' is made up: no, you don't get the Waldorf and the Chrysler and the Empire State buildings and a dozen other magnificent structures in one window.
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The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart.
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The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.
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The test of one's behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to one's work, relationship to sex.
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The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.
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The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
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The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful.
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The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.
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The truthful man is usually a liar.
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The ultimate metaphysical ground is the creative advance into novelty.
Process and Reality (1929) p. 411 -
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.
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The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it.
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The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties with that editor.
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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.
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Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has real class.
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There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.
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