Quotes 2001 till 2020 of 5943.
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In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
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In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.
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In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face.
A Short History of Nearly Everything -
In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
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In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant and the critics were all over this as evidence of the genius of Scorsese and Scorsese is a genius.
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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God can not be for and against the same thing at the same time.
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In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
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In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.
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In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.
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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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In moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one's own body.
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In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable.
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In my office, I have a very beautiful marble bust of Seneca. I always have my eye on him when I'm taking phone calls. He's one of the many philosophers I've always read and admired.
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In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
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In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
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In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
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In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.
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In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
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