Quotes 361 till 380 of 461.
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There are three things we have no control over: our birth; our emotions, if we're sincere; and our death.
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There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place.
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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
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There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish.
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There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off.
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There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colors of life in all their purity.
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There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.
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There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by unfolding of his powers.
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There is no remedy for death--or birth--except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.
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There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
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There is nothing new in art except talent.
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There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
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There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage.
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There is really nothing more to say except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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There's no way to know how good a player you are except by measuring against others.
Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006) Ch. 3
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