Quotes with holier-than-thou

Quotes 2061 till 2080 of 4321.

  • Carla Bley Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
    Carla Bley
    American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936 - )
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  • Carlos Fuentes Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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  • Terry Eagleton Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur ''Thou still unravished bride of quietness,'' then I am instantly aware that I am in the presence of the literary.
    Terry Eagleton
    British literary theorist and critic (1943 - )
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  • Henry Giles Literature, as a field of glory, is an arena where a tomb may be more easily found than laurels; and as a means of support, it is the chance of chances.
    Henry Giles
    British Unitarian minister and writer (1809 - 1882)
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  • Bruce Forsyth Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Wayne Dyer Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Billy Sunday Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.
    Billy Sunday
    American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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  • Omar Khayyam Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
    Omar Khayyam
    Persian astronoom, poet (1048 - 1131)
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  • Germaine Greer Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Mignon McLaughlin Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Ben Bernanke Long term, I have a lot of confidence in the United States. We have an excellent record in terms of innovation. We have great universities that are involved in technological change and progress. We have an entrepreneurial culture, much more than almost any other country.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Anita Roddick Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole; they cared for their employees and the community which gave them the wealth. They never took more money out than they put back in.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Bernie Sanders Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Brad Bird Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level.
    Brad Bird
    American animator, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Albert Claude Looking back 25 years later, what I may say is that the facts have been far better than the dreams. In the long course of cell life on this earth it remained, for our age for our generation, to receive the full ownership of our inheritance.
    Albert Claude
    Belgian-American cell biologist and doctor (1899 - 1983)
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  • E. M. Forster Lord I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Michelangelo Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
    Michelangelo
    Italian sculptor, painter and poet (1475 - 1564)
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  • Ludwig Borne Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
    Ludwig Borne
    German journalist and critic (1786 - 1837)
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