Quotes 4521 till 4540 of 4584.
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I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active -not more happy -nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel.
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I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same.
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If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.
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If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
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If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.
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In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me.
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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?
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It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
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It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
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Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
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Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
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Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.
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More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
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Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times.
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My parents were exactly like millions of other Americans who had a fire in their belly to build something of their own, and in so doing they exemplified the dignity of work, the opportunity available in this great nation to those willing to work, and they left the world a bit better than it was when they first showed up.
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