Quotes 1541 till 1560 of 1877.
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There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In all great men this mixture is striking, and in none more so than in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Source: Mozart, His Character, His Work (1962) -
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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There is a wheel on the affairs of men revolve and its mechanism is such that it prevents any man from being always fortunate.
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There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.
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There is good evidence that Venus once had liquid water and a much thinner atmosphere, similar to Earth billions of years ago. But today the surface of Venus is dry as a bone, hot enough to melt lead, there are clouds of sulfuric acid that reach a hundred miles high and the air is so thick it's like being 900 meters deep in the ocean.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
Source: Forbes Epigrams Or 1,000 Thoughts on Life -
There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
Source: 'Virginibus Puerisque ' An Apology for Idlers' (1881) -
There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
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There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
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There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.
Source: Critical Path (1981)― Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983) -
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
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There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are.
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There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.
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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.
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There is nothing more rewarding than winning when you're looked at as not being capable of doing so.
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There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation! A human being, Hastings, cannot resist the opportunity to reveal himself and express his personality which conversation gives him. Every time he will give himself away.
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There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
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There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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