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Quotes 1221 till 1240 of 1564.

  • Italo Calvino The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
    Italo Calvino
    Italian writer (1923 - 1985)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz The side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Henry David Thoreau The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • David J. Schwartz The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: Do more of what you do...
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • Birgitte Hjort Sorensen The thing with drama is you're allowed to invent people who are maybe slightly better than real people.
    Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
    Danish actrice (1982 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracian The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Napoleon The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Casey Stengel The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.
    Casey Stengel
    American basketbal player and manager (1890 - 1975)
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  • Philip K. Dick The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.
    Philip K. Dick
    American science fiction writer (1928 - 1982)
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  • Olive Schreiner The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead.
    Olive Schreiner
    South African author and anti-war campaigner (1855 - 1920)
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  • Beth Orton The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben Harper's manager. A couple of days later, Ben and I were in the studio.
    Beth Orton
    English singer-songwriter (1970 - )
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  • G.W.F. Hegel The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Bill Viola The very first video experience I had was in high school. They brought a black-and-white closed-circuit surveillance camera into the classroom. I will never forget, as a kid, looking at that image.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Brooks Atkinson The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Billy Joel The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Sir Walter Scott The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Charles Dickens The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Kin Hubbard The world gels better every day - then worse again in the evening.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • W. M. Thackeray The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Alcee Hastings The world is better because of Coretta Scott King. She affected countless lives and her voice will be deeply missed, especially by those who carry on her incredible undertaking.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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