Quotes 15321 till 15340 of 25201.
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Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier.
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XXXVII -
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
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Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.
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Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns critic.
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Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.
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Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.
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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.
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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
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Rich people never go to war. You ask a college kid to go to war, and he's like, 'Umm, I'm taking this sociology class, and I think war is, like, really stupid, and my roommate's, like, half Afghani, so it's going to cause some static.'
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.
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Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
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Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
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Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.
Source: Lacon -
Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
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Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.
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Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.
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Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.'
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