Quotes 1201 till 1220 of 10221.
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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests
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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
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As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.
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As the egalitarianism of Marxism is attractive to many, socialism could have attracted many followers in America, anyway. But there is no doubt that it could not possibly have affected us so widely and so deeply as it has, had it not been heavily financed.
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As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports.
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As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course.
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As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.
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As we move from an economy of affluence to an economy of scarcity, we must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those who make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
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Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
Source: Hamlet -
Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.
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At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.
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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
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At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
Source: Letter to Sarah Brydges Willyams (17 oktober 1863) -
At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit.
Source: Animal Dreams -
At some point we must make a decision not to allow the mere threat of charges of cultural or religious insensitivity to stop us from dealing with this evil.
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At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights.
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