Quotes with destroyer—and

Quotes 5601 till 5620 of 25137.

  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Samuel Butler For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions - largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Adam Clayton For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.
    Adam Clayton
    Irish musician (1960 - )
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  • Berenice Bejo For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.
    Berenice Bejo
    French-Argentine actress (1976 - )
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  • Francis Thompson For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.
    Francis Thompson
    English poet and mystic (1859 - 1907)
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  • Samuel Butler For Wealth are all things that conduce, to one's destruction or their use. A standard both to buy and sell, all things from heaven down to hell.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Jane Austen For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Kahlil Gibran For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Cassiodorus For what is more glorious than music, which modulates the heavenly system with its sonorous sweetness, and binds together with its virtue the concord of nature which is scattered everywhere?
    Source: Variae, Bk. 2, no. 40; p. 38.
    Cassiodorus
    Roman statesman
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  • Herman Melville For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
    Herman Melville
    American author (1819 - 1891)
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  • Billy Joel For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Simone Weil For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Audre Lorde For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real power is rediscovered. It is this real connection, which is so feared by a patriarchal world.
    Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (2012) 111
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Bettie Page For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides... Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.
    Bettie Page
    American model (1923 - 2008)
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  • Billy Porter For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.
    Billy Porter
    American actor and singer (1969 - )
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  • Bonnie Langford For years I used to try to straighten my hair, but I've reached a stage where I think, 'I've got red curly hair, and it's actually really great.'
    Bonnie Langford
    English actress, dancer and singer (1964 - )
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  • Butch Otter For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of government. Those are important principles here in Idaho, and they will form the basis of this administration.
    Butch Otter
     
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  • Bill Flores For years, Iran has worked to position itself to dominate the entire Middle East and to impose its version of radical Islam on society. It is actively working to destabilize Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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