Quotes 641 till 660 of 10786.
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A conservative is a man who does not think that anything should be done for the first time.
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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.
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A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He is oftener an extinguisher, and not seldom a thief.
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A cult classic is one that has been fully embraced by an alternative audience, not the popular audience.
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.
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A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.
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A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking.
De samenkomst (2010) 55 -
A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.
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A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.
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A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
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