Quotes 221 till 240 of 655.
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.
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Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
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In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.
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In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891) -
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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In America, the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.
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In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
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In life there is really no great or small thing. All things are of equal value and of equal size.
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
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In some ways, that's the story of my season - when I wasn't making big mistakes, I was winning races and being on the podium. And when I made mistakes I was still fourth or fifth, just off the podium.
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In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in its mouth much bigger than itself.
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In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.
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It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.
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It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
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