Quotes 2301 till 2320 of 6607.
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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.
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In every premenstrual woman struggling to govern her temper, sky-cult wars again with earth-cult.
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) -
In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: ''Is there someone new?''
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In every veil you see, the Divine Beauty is concealed, making every heart a slave to him. In love to him the heart finds its life; in desire for him the soul finds its happiness. The heart which loves a fair one here, though it knows it not, is really his lover.
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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.
Source: 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.
Source: Meditation on the Divine Will, ca. 2 September 1862 -
In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
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In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.
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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 career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.
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In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!
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