Quotes 281 till 300 of 1686.
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Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, the sum of our intolerances would diminish.
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Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.
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Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.
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Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
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Don't be too quick
To break bad habits: better stick,
Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.East and West Poems, Part I The Wonderful Spring of San Joaquin -
Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business, but living.
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Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise.
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Don't place too much confidence in the man who boasts of being as honest as the day is long. Wait until you meet him at night.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and the cash. It's why the president and the vice president are always in demand. These folks are in demand because people around the country want to meet them.
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Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry.''
Robert H. Schuller
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.
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Due process is a growth too sturdy to succumb to the infection of the least ingredient of error.
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E.T.' and 'Extra,' they are too salacious. They go, Oooh, Katie Couric just broke up with X. 'Access Hollywood' is really good entertainment news. It's not dirty, and we don't get cheap.
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Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others.
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