Quotes 2501 till 2520 of 3972.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
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The average actor might only be able to book six to eight guest star jobs a year - that would be high. So when you start doing the math, you can't live on that in Los Angeles.
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The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win.
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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
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The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.
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The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.
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The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.
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The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.
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The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
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The Bible is big in my teaching. It's a wonder the ACLU didn't get after me pretty good. I really kept thinking they would. I took my boys to church. I took my football team to church. I only did it two times a year. Before I signed a kid, I'd write the parents and I'd tell that parent we were gong to take your son to church twice.
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The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in.
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The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.
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The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.
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The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
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The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder case in the world to break is the one somebody tried to get very cute with; the one that really bothers them is the murder somebody only thought of two minutes before he pulled it off.
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