Quotes 581 till 600 of 10439.
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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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... ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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... the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.
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...a state is not the same thing as a society, although the Greeks and Romans thought it was. A state is an organization of power on a territorial basis.
Source: Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976) -
...empires and civilizations do not collapse because of deficiencies on the military or the political levels.
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...human beings have religious needs. They have a need for a feeling of certitude in their minds about things they cannot control and they do not fully understand, and with humility, they admit they do not understand...
Source: Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976) -
...they give us vicarious satisfactions for many of our frustrations....People need exercise; they do not need to watch other people exercise... Another vicarious satisfaction is sexy magazines; this is vicarious sex. To anyone rushing to buy one, I'd like to say, The real thing is better.
Source: Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976) -
...we no longer have intellectually satisfying arrangements in our educational system, in our arts, humanities or anything else; instead we have slogans and ideologies. An ideology is a religious or emotional expression; it is not an intellectual expression.
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A ''sin'' is something which is not necessary.
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A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
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A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war.
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A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
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A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it.
Source: Number9Dream (2007) 365 -
A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you will someday know. Your job is to help them overcome the disabilities associated with their size and inexperience so that they get on with being that larger person.
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