Quotes 2541 till 2560 of 3427.
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The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.
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The Muslim world just doesn't believe that skin color is all that important. Obama may be half-black, but he's still all-Western, according to them. It doesn't matter whether you're black, white or green - if you're not a devotee of Muhammad, you don't matter.
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The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
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The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.
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The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader's going to finish what you're writing.
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The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You're whole, and then you're cracked open.
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The only one who can change the heart of man is the Lord. And that will make us want to make things fair for other people.
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The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.
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The only relationship that can make both partners happy is one in which sentimentality has no place and neither partner makes any claim on the life and freedom of the other.
De ondraaglijke lichtheid van het bestaan (1984) -
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
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The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
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The only way that you can find any semblance of a rule, or make any semblance of your own rule, is to tear up the rulebook. Throw it out, burn it, throw it away, and make your own rules.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The ordinary routines of life are never chronicled by the historian, but they make up almost the whole of experience.
Foundation: The History of England (2011) 47 -
The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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