Quotes 3181 till 3200 of 4622.
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The Christian idea of a perfect heaven that is something other than a non-existence is a contradiction in terms.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.
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The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
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The clergy [in the 14th century] on the whole were probably no more lecherous or greedy or untrustworthy than other men, but because they were supposed to be better or nearer to God than other men, their failings attracted more attention.
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The cliché that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women have richly defined the ways in which imagination creates possibility; possibility that society denies.
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The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.
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The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.
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The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.
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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
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The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent.
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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
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The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.
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The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
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The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop.
The Human Stain (2000) -
The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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