Quotes 17021 till 17040 of 25137.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously; and those who have produced immortal works, have done so without knowing how or why. The greatest power operates unseen.
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The definition of throwing your vote away is to go into that voting booth and vote for one of two parties that will not change the direction this country's going in.
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The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves.
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The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.
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The demand for beef in Canada remains strong because I think people in America, in North America, know that we have a very strong food safety system and that our food is safe to eat.
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The demand for certainty is a sign of weakness, and if we persist in it induces paralysis.
Source: Mark Rutherford's Deliverance (1885) p. 206 -
The demand for certainty is a sign of weakness, and if we persist in it, induces paralysis.
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The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
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The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.
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The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.
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The democratic process is always vulnerable and threatened by terrorists, by parties that do not believe in democracy.
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The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade.
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The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.
― Angelina Grimke
American activists and female advocates of abolition and women's rights (1805 - 1879) -
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood.
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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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The desire to create continually is vulgar and betrays jealousy, envy, ambition. If one is something one really does not need to make anything - and one nonetheless does very much. There exists above the ''productive'' man a yet higher species.
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