Quotes 5481 till 5500 of 5903.
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When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.
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When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.
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When it comes to investing, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all portfolio.
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When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever.
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When like-minded people, talking mostly with one another, end up thinking a more extreme version of what they thought before they started to talk... If you put a bunch of rebels in a room and ask them to discuss rebellion, they'll get more extreme.
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When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.
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When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
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When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.
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When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes!
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When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
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When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.
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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
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When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
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When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor.
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When one has much to put into them, a day has a hundred pockets.
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When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
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When one has tasted it [Watermelon] he knows what the angels eat.
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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
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When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.
Source: Gift from the Sea (1955) -
When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.
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