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Quotes 381 till 400 of 487.

  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Junot Diaz There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level there is scepticism as to whether it is really fiction.
    (2012)
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Henry Fielding There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Tennessee Williams There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Edward Dahlberg There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • S. Maxwell Coder There is no doubt that God has often brought a certain verse to the attention of one of His children in an unusual and almost miraculous manner, for a special need, but the Word was never intended to be consulted in a superstitious manner.
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  • Marquis de Sade There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Owen Meredith There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.
    Owen Meredith
    British writer, critic and politician (ps. of Edward Bulwer-Lytton) (1802 - 1873)
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  • Allan Bloom There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative.
    Allan Bloom
    American writer (1930 - 1992)
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  • Aldous Huxley There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Buzz Aldrin There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that there is life somewhere in space.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Henry Thomas Buckle There should be a certain ratio between those who are most inclined to think, and those who are most inclined to act.
    History of civilization
    Henry Thomas Buckle
    English historian (1821 - 1862)
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  • Boris Kodjoe There was a certain point in my life where I had to decide that I was going to take my future and Nicole's and not wallow in what happened to me because when you do that, you just keep repeating what's been happening and at some point you have to make a choice.
    Boris Kodjoe
    Austrian-American actor, producer (1973 - )
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  • Bruce Lipton There was a point where there was a vision that we'll get to a certain age, and then we'll retire and be happy. Now that's like, that's being compromised every day. So I think we have to start living happy now and stop waiting for the forty years because by then you'll be so sick, you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.
    Bruce Lipton
    American developmental biologist (1944 - )
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  • Alan Cranston There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they're going to exist. But they're losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters.
    Alan Cranston
    American politician and journalist (1914 - 2000)
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  • Brit Hume There's a certain elitism that has crept into the attitudes of some in journalism, and it played out perfectly over the issue of these little American flag lapel pins.
    Brit Hume
    American journalist and political commentator (1943 - )
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  • Branford Marsalis There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.
    Branford Marsalis
    American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (1960 - )
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  • Bo Burnham There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind.
    Bo Burnham
    American comedian, musician, actor and poet (1990 - )
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Virginia Woolf Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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