Quotes 1121 till 1140 of 25361.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.
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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide.
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What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches.
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What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.
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What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.
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What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
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What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
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What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
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When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates to the city. There, finding others like-minded, one re-establishes a village community. Nowadays only New Yorkers are yokels.
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When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.
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When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
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When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear pretty thin if it's all a couple has built on. We've had that and a whole lot more.
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When I was eight, I bought my first puppet. It was a monkey, and I paid five cents for it. I collected some scrap wood and built myself a puppet theatre. I made 32 cents with my first show, which I thought was pretty good, and that's when I knew I would be a puppeteer when I grew up.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.
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When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.
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When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.
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