Quotes with not-too-distant

Quotes 1521 till 1540 of 11267.

  • William Carlos Williams But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, that is, of the senses, and since the senses do not exist without an object for their employment all art is necessarily objective. It doesn't declaim or explain, it presents.
    William Carlos Williams
    American poet (1883 - 1963)
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  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the Jew in Europe, and we were not realizing - In our point of view, they have not the tools to do a genocide.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Egyptian politician and diplomat (1922 - 2016)
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  • Matthew Arnold But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Adam Schiff But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Robert Browning But facts are facts and flinch not.
    The ring and the book
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Thomas Jefferson But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Anne Brontë But he, that dares not grasp the thorn
    Should never crave the rose.
    The Narrow Way (1848)
    Anne Brontë
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Barney Frank But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are on concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
    The Worlds Last Night (1952)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Archibald Alexander But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out.
    Archibald Alexander
    American Presbyterian theologian and professor (1772 - 1851)
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  • Brad Garrett But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict.
    Brad Garrett
    American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and professional (1960 - )
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  • Carol Burnett But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Brad Bird But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder.
    Brad Bird
    American animator, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Anne Boyd But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content.
    Anne Boyd
    Australian composer
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  • Agnes Smedley But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.
    Agnes Smedley
    American journalist and writer (1892 - 1950)
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  • Anita Hill But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Adam Weishaupt But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
    Adam Weishaupt
    German philosopher (1748 - 1830)
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  • J. G. Ballard But I wouldn't recommend writing. You can be a successful writer and never meet another soul. I'm not sure that's a good thing.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Bootsy Collins But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Bjork But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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