Quotes with one-sidedness

Quotes 2601 till 2620 of 5903.

  • Rebecca West Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.
    Rebecca West
    British author (1892 - 1983)
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  • Elizabeth Hardwick Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.
    Elizabeth Hardwick
    American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (1916 - 2007)
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  • Ben Hecht Movies are one of the bad habits that corrupted our century. Of their many sins, I offer as the worst their effect on the intellectual side of the nation. It is chiefly from that viewpoint I write of them - as an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming a cultured people.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Bel Powley Movies make teenagers have quippy answers for every question. Nothing seems to faze them, and they're like, 'Oh, whatever.' You're not like that when you're a teenager. You're really earnest. Things really feel like life or death. And you kind of oscillate between emotions at one time. It's very emotionally draining being a teenager.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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  • Edith Wharton Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet it alone.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Samuel Johnson Much of the pain and pleasure of mankind arises from the conjectures which every one makes of the thoughts of others; we all enjoy praise which we do not hear, and resent contempt which we do not see.
    Idler
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Charles Dudley Warner Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
    Charles Dudley Warner
    American writer (1829 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • W. H. Auden Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Oscar Wilde Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Musical people are so absurdly unreasonable. They always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be absolutely deaf.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bradley Joseph Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and every one of us feel everyday. In the end, a good melody will always stand the test of time.
    On composing Indie Journal Interview
    Bradley Joseph
    American composer and producer
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Brett Hoebel My approach to training changed dramatically throughout my experience as one of the trainers on 'The Biggest Loser.' Getting to know each person was an important reminder that to get the body physically fit, you must first get mentally and emotionally 'fit.'
    Brett Hoebel
    American personal trainer
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  • Henry Ford My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Bill Rancic My best friend Jerry started a boat-washing business, and it was one of the most critical experiences of my life. I got to meet a lot of people who were entrepreneurs. My parents were schoolteachers, and I was now meeting people who owned companies. I realized that if this guy can do it, why can't I?
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Bill Walton My bike is my gym, my wheelchair and my church all in one. I'd like to ride my bike all day long but I've got this thing called a job that keeps getting in the way.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • James Kelman My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.
    (1994)
    James Kelman
    Scottish writer (1946 - )
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