Quotes with not-self

Quotes 661 till 680 of 10786.

  • Anton Chekhov A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Susan Sontag A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • William Blake A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Thomas Fuller A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero A friend is, as it were, a second self.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Carson Daly A friend of mine - a cameraman at MTV - lost a lot of weight from cycling, and I thought I'd try it, too, thinking whenever you look at a cyclist they all look super-skinny, so hey, why not? But then it turned into such a psychologically satisfying thing.
    Carson Daly
    American television host, radio personality and producer (1973 - )
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  • Samuel Butler A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • E. M. Forster A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late, now too early, by which Society would register the quick motions of man.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Algernon Sydney A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.
    Algernon Sydney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Egyptian politician and diplomat (1922 - 2016)
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  • Quentin Crisp A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • William Butler Yeats A gentleman is a man whose principal ideas are not connected with his personal needs and his personal succes.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Frederick Douglas A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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  • Seneca A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Betty Friedan A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she 'adjust' to prejudice and discrimination.
    The Feminine Mystique Ch. 1 The Problem That Has No Name
    Betty Friedan
    American feministisch writer (1921 - 2006)
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  • Igor Stravinsky A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
    Igor Stravinsky
    Russian composer (1882 - 1971)
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  • John Mason Brown A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
    John Mason Brown
    American drama critic and author (1900 - 1969)
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  • Kenneth Tynan A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.
    Kenneth Tynan
    English theater critic and writer (1927 - 1980)
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  • Virginia Woolf A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • A. Brisbane A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
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