Quotes 661 till 680 of 12035.
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'Tis not need we know our every thought or see the work shop where each mask is wrought wherefrom we view the world of box and pit, careless of wear, just so the mask shall fit and serve our jape's turn for a night or two.
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'Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
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'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to it that's difficult.
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'Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do!
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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.
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...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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90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it?
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A ''sin'' is something which is not necessary.
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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
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A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
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