Quotes 501 till 520 of 25414.
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Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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Culture is one thing and varnish is another.
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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
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Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
Darwinism: The Imperialism of Biology?. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed -
Dealing with the fame and going from nothing and becoming something where everyone wants a piece of you, your life changes in a day.
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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.
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Death robs the rich and relieves the poor.
Sparks from the philosopher's stone (1882) -
Decision is a sharp knife that cuts or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it.
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Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what They want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress in individuals and in nations.
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Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.
The 48 Laws of Power -
Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain.
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Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
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Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it - immediately.
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