Quotes with over-preoccupation

Quotes 41 till 60 of 1100.

  • Aesop The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Stephane Mallarme The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.
    Stephane Mallarme
    French poet (1842 - 1898)
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  • Confucius The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Sophocles There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • Henry David Thoreau To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit it and read it are old women over their tea.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • F. Scott Fitzgerald Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    American writer (1896 - 1940)
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  • Joseph Addison What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Hitopadesa When the leader passes over all alike, not making a distinction, then the endeavors of those who are capable of exertion are entirely lost.
    Hitopadesa
    Indian text in Sanskrit
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  • Ben Barnes You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me.
    Ben Barnes
    English actor (1981 - )
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  • Bernard Bailyn The full bibliography of pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American struggle published in the colonies through the year 1776 contains not a dozen or so items but over four hundred;
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution FOREWORD, p. v
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Carlton Cuse 'Brisco' was the first show I created, and of course, at the time I had no idea what a special experience it was because I didn't have a frame of reference. After it was over I was like, 'Damn. Shoot. That was something special.' I'm still upset that it got cancelled.
    Carlton Cuse
    American screenwriter, producer, and director (1959 - )
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  • Carl Hagelin 'Superbad' and 'Remember the Titans' - two movies I can watch over and over again. I watch 'Superbad' whenever I need to laugh.
    Carl Hagelin
    Swedish ice hockey player (1988 - )
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  • Helen Rowland A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Brendan Francis A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves.
    Brendan Francis
    Irish poet and writer (1923 - 1964)
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  • Bill Viola A doctor once told me that with crying you aren't sure what its derivation is. If someone comes at you with a knife, you don't cry: you scream, you try to run. When it's over and you're OK, that's when you cry.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw A family is a tyranny ruled over by it's weakest member.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Aldous Huxley A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Bill Cosby A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Billy Corgan A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Arthur Baer A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.
    Arthur Baer
    American journalist and humorist (1886 - 1969)
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