Quotes 2901 till 2920 of 5420.
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One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.
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One said of suicide, ''As long as one has brains one should not blow them out.'' And another answered, ''But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.''
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One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
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One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
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Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
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Only a world without love strikes me as instantly and decisively more terrible than one without music.
The Amis collection: selected non-fiction (1990) -
Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced art today is no longer a cause, it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.
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Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
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Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.
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Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin us.
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Or I get my navel fluff out and weave it into wigs so that fleas can act out Victorian melodramas
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Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.
Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
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