Quotes 841 till 860 of 1107.
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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.
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The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.
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The thing about grief is that it's a roller coaster - it's up, it's down. The emotions sometimes take over.
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The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper - whether little or great, it belongs to Literature.
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The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.
Source: Towards A Canada of Light Interlude, p. 113 -
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead.
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The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made scarce.
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The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
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The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.
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The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
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The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.
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The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
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The voice over is a hat you put on right now as opposed to worrying about going through wardrobe, and having to look a certain way. You just got to let your voice do the talking for you.
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The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.
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The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us.
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The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.
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The world is his who has money to go over it.
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The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.
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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
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