Quotes 161 till 180 of 440.
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In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable.
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In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591) -
In the right circumstances, I'm a big fan of eating alone. Often, on a Sunday evening, I go to a yoga class whose charm is largely that it gives me an alibi to avoid cooking family supper for once. I return to have boiled eggs and soldiers in silence with a book. Bliss.
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In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.
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Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance.
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Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Speech in Manchester (1866) -
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.
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Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the center of man's universe is the earth?
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Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.
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It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.
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It is a deplorable thing to see all men deliberating on means alone, and not on the end.
Pensees (1669) -
It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
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It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.
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It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
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