Quotes 1281 till 1300 of 2427.
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Obscurantism is the academic theorist's revenge on society for having consigned him or her to relative obscurity - a way of proclaiming one's superiority in the face of one's diminished influence.
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Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge.
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Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work.
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Of course God knew what would happen if they used their freedom the wrong way: apparently He thought it worth the risk.
Source: Mere Christianity (1952) -
Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it seemed easy, then that would be the time to worry that I am on the wrong path.
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Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
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Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.
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Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
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Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.
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Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically.
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Oil painting and color, said Michelangelo, are for women and the lazy. His sharp-edged Apollonian style is the only way to beat back mother nature.
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) -
Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow [To Be] old friends?
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On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.
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On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
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On our way to the Super Bowl XV Championship, the Oakland Raiders played a frigid 1981 AFC playoff game in Cleveland, in which the temperatures plunged to -35 degrees. I remember looking up in the stands to see a dedicated Cleveland Brown fan celebrating topless.
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On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?
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On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.
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Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay.
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