Quotes 1061 till 1080 of 1105.
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Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.
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Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.
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Widowers marry again because it makes their lives easier. Widows often don't, because it makes their lives harder.
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Willingness is essential in any initiation or in making an dream come true. ''I can t'' often means ''I won t.'' You can change ''I won t'' to ''I will'' with willpower.
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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.
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With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.
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Woman often feigns love; man, oftener, passion.
The maxims of Marmaduke -
Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness of temper, outward obedience and a scrupulous attention to a puerile kind of propriety, will obtain for them the protection of man.
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World can be a bewildering place, and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps.
Tales from Firozsha Baag (2008) 117 -
Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.
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Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think math helped me become a good critic of myself, come at writing a little less personally.
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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.
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Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks.
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You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
Robert H. Schuller
American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015) -
You don't fight a war with words, but with fortifications. The pickaxe and the shovel are as important at the rifle. I can't say it often enough.
Interview (3 October 1936), as quoted in Durruti in the Spanish Revolution (1996) by Abel Paz, as translated by Chuck W. Morse (2007), p. 537 -
You don't get a chance to go to the playoffs and World Series very often, but to be able to experience it with the people you love most in the world is really fun.
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You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story.
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You know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be told. A look, a gesture, an act, which to everybody else is insignificant tells you more about that one than words can.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.
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