Quotes 2301 till 2320 of 2981.
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The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
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The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.
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The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.
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The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.
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The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.
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The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
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The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
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The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
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The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.
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The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is 'you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say why not; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before.
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The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.
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The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
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The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
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The traveler feels at home everywhere, because she is never at home anywhere.
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The trouble with fiction, said John Rivers, is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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