Quotes with look-see

Quotes 1561 till 1580 of 2338.

  • Alan Dundes The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
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  • Karl Kraus The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Antonia Fraser The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Joseph Conrad 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.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Barry White The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.
    Barry White
    American singer-songwriter, record producer and composer (1944 - 2003)
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  • Balthus The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.
    Balthus
    Polish-French modern artist (1908 - 2001)
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  • Walter Bagehot The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Bobby Sands The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then we'll see the rising of the moon.
    Bobby Sands
    Irish activist and IRA member (1954 - 1981)
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  • Caitlin Doughty The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look 'natural,' but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert.
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Salvador Dali The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Berenice Bejo The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here, you can see everybody wants his break.
    Berenice Bejo
    French-Argentine actress (1976 - )
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  • Brene Brown The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Boris Johnson The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.
    Whats wrong with 40 Liverpool Road?, Daily Telegraph, 18 September 2003, p. 24.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Bobbi Brown The easiest ways to improve your appearance is with a really good moisturizer that will plump up your skin, a bit of concealer and a creamy blush on your cheek and lip. It's quick and easy and you'll look so much better.
    Bobbi Brown
    American professional makeup artist, author and public speaker
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  • Edmund Burke The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Bastian Schweinsteiger The English have a special sense of humour. This I immediately experienced in the dressing room. As I walked with two plates while eating, suddenly a team-mate asked me, 'Basti, what time is it?' hoping I would automatically turn my hand to look at my watch. That's quite entertaining.
    Bastian Schweinsteiger
    German professional footballer (1984 - )
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  • Georges Bataille The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • John Fischer The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different- to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses.
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  • Robertson Davies The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
    Robertson Davies
    Canadian novelist and journalist (1913 - 1995)
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