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The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes became sheer terror and torture to me. I was so intimidated by my incomprehension that I did not dare to ask any questions.
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The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labor in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.
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The tendency of life is not the preservation of the species, but solely the preservation of each individual organism, as long as it is in existence at all, and is able to carry on its life processes.
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The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
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The terrible thing is that one cannot be a Communist and not let oneself in for the shameful act of recantation. One cannot be a Communist and preserve an iota of one's personal integrity.
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The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it - the speed of his acceptance.
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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.
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The test of a given phrase would be: Is it worthy to be immortal? To ''make a beeline'' for something. That's worthy of being immortal and is immortal in English idiom. ''I guess I'll split'' is not going to be immortal and is excludable, therefore excluded.
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The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will do something.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
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The test to which all methods of treatment are finally brought is whether they are lucrative to doctors or not.
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The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.
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The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation.
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The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.
Fall On Your Knees (2011) 358 -
The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief any more. Thieving is God's message to him. Let him try and be a good thief.
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The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good.
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