Quotes 661 till 680 of 892.
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The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large. He no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy.
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The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
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The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.
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The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
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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 makes me uncomfortable is when people that do drink, don't drink around me.
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The past is what makes the present coherent, and the past will remain horrible for exactly as long as we refuse to assess it honestly.
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The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.
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The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
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The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music.
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The pious pretence that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
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The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.
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The problem with ideology is, if you've got an ideology, you've already got your mind made up. You know all the answers and that makes evidence irrelevant and arguments a waste of time. You tend to govern by assertion and attacks.
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The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
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The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a fetish of competition. In America, this system is carried to the point where a man who can knock a small white ball into a series of holes in the ground with more efficiency than anyone else thereby gains social access to the President of the United States.
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The proposed ban on incitement to religious hatred makes no sense unless it involves a ban on the Koran itself; and that would be pretty absurd, when you consider that the Bill's intention is to fight Islamophobia.
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The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.
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