Quotes 3221 till 3240 of 4355.
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The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
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The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is seldom explicit. They are utilitarian and political, the instruments of smooth-running government.
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The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.
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The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.
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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
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The Internet Treasure companies tend to go public rather than get acquired, although there are clear exceptions, like Instagram, YouTube, Skype and PayPal.
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The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
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The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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The kind of music I like depends very much on my mood.
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The king-times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it.
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The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?
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The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that.
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The lead singer for Deerhunter, Bradford Cox... I don't like saying people are geniuses or whatever, but I just think that dude is so good at every single thing he does. He stays within his genre, but I think he does so well experimenting with stuff.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (2012) 98 -
The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.
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The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.
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The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay
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The loneliness is when you pick up and move, even if you are not originally from that place, and you have some memories that you want to embrace. Having a life in transit, I feel like you are always looking out the back window.
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