Quotes 1801 till 1820 of 2457.
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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
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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.
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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.
Source: 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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The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?
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The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that more people would go to see my films. I have no wish to remain on the sidelines. I have no wish to make films that are only seen by bohemians in London and Paris.
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The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
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The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
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The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart.
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The person who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor to find much fun in life.
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