Quotes 3221 till 3240 of 4330.
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The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.
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The party of God and the party of Literature have more in common than either will admit; their texts may conflict, but their bigotries coincide. Both insist on being the sole custodians of the true word and its only interpreters.
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The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.
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The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out.
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The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
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The people I worked with were bigger than life. Once you put them on the screen, they were huge.
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The people I'm furious with are the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket.
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The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.
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The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.
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The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.
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The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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The photographs of space taken by our astronauts have been published all over the place. But the eye is a much more dynamic mechanism than any camera or pictures. It's a more exciting view in person than looking at the photographs. Of course, I personally am sick and tired of hearing people talk like that: I want to see it myself!
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The planting of trees in the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.
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The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
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