Quotes 761 till 780 of 1106.
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The end of man is an action and not a thought, though it were the noblest.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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The end of times has always been a fascination. But post 9/11, pretty much everybody will admit to having it on their minds more frequently than when they were a kid.
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The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
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The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.
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The end-of-summer winds make people restless.
Source: Engleby (2007) -
The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.
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The facade of the Conquest, severe yet jocund, with one foot in the dead Old World and the other in the New.
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
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The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme.
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
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The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.
Source: My Study Windows (1871) -
The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.
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The government recognized immediately that Rap music has enormous revolutionary potential and politicians immediately came together to end it.
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The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.
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The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
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The happiness of society is the end of government.
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The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.
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The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
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