Quotes 9041 till 9060 of 12035.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.
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The riches of life, the love and joy and exhilaration of life can be found only with an upward look. This is an exciting world. It's cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997) p. 333 -
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.
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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.
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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
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The Righteous Brothers got so heavy because of the dramatic hit records like 'Lovin' Feelin.' Bobby and I just felt like we were a couple of Orange County guys who were just having a great time singing rock n' roll, and then, boy, it became something else.
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The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
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The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.
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The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.
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The rules and principles of case law have never been treated as final truths but as working hypotheses, continually retested in those great laboratories of the law, the courts of justice. Every new case is an experiment, and if the accepted rule which seems applicable yields a result which is felt to be unjust, the rule is reconsidered.
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.
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The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.
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The sage does not hoard. Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.
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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
Original:Le savant n'est pas l'homme qui fournit les vraies réponses; c'est celui qui pose les vraies questions.
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