Quotes 9661 till 9680 of 10439.
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When the business starts shaping the art, or the delivery of the art, then it's not right.
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When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
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When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.
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When the great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.
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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
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When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'.
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When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish-it is then that you must not hesitate.
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When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.
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When the scenes are written really great, we as actors try not to mess them up by getting in the way.
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When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
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When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.
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When the U.K. or U.S. government issues bonds to fund a deficit, the buyers are not solely in the U.K. or the U.S. - they're in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Investment banks provide direct access to these buyers.
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When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer ''present'' or ''not guilty.''
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When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
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When thou a fast would'st keep, Make not thy homage cheap, By publishing its signs to every eye; But let it be between Thyself and the Unseen, So shall it gain acceptance from on high.
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When thou standest still from thinking and willing of self, the eternal hearing, seeing, and speaking will be revealed to thee, and so God heareth and seeth through thee. Thine own hearing, willing, and seeing hindereth thee, that thou dost not see nor hear God.
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When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who don't understand or are not committed are not helpful.
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When Venus said, Spell no for me, N-O, Dan Cupid wrote with glee, And smiled at his success: Ah, child, said Venus, laughing low, We women do not spell it so, We spell it Y-E-S.
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When we are accustomed to use bad reasons for proving natural effects, we are not willing to receive good reasons when they are discovered.
Source: Pensees (1669)
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