Quotes 5121 till 5140 of 6607.
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The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that.
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The time comes when each one of us has to give up as illusions the expectations which, in his youth, he pinned upon his fellow-men, and when he may learn how much difficulty and pain has been added to his life by their ill-will.
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The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.
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The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.
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The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
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The tormenting dilemma of the Middle East is this: either we have one people too many, or one state too few.
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The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
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The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
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The trick is to love somebody... If you love one person, you see everybody else differently.
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The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.
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The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.
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The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it.
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The trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof.
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The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
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The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
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The true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things.
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The true use of a letter is to let one know that one is remembered and valued.
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The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.
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