Quotes 221 till 240 of 10591.
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I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.
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I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don't know how
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I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement.
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I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't you won t.
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I never hear white writers get asked, 'Do you worry about how you represent white people?'
Wildwood -
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
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I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you've got to admire the workmanship.
Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra -
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom - one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
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I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.
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I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf.
Lord of the Silver Bow (2005) -
I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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If everything is perfect, language is useless. This is true for animals. If animals don't speak, it's because everything's perfect for them. If one day they start to speak, it will be because the world has lost a certain sort of perfection.
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If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
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If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
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If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it.
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If you are losing a tug-of-war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope.
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