Quotes 1241 till 1260 of 12035.
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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
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An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means. There is no such thing in the country.
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An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.
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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.
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An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.
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An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.
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An educated people can be easily governed.
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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.
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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
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An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
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An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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An honor is not diminished for being shared.
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An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
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An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.
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