Quotes 2121 till 2140 of 3161.
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The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.
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The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
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The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors will be gone.
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The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.
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The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed, most successful men fail time and time again, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.
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The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions - which time and mediocrity can solve.
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The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
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The future influences the present just as much as the past.
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The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
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The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state.
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The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: I DID NOT HAVE TIME.
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The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity.
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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.
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The great question of our time is, 'Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?'
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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows.
Source: (2010)
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