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Quotes 2701 till 2720 of 4928.

  • Anne Tyler None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. - often influence my subject matter.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Milovan Djilas Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long.
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  • Carolyn Heilbrun Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion, both because it is powerless to act in the real world, and because it glides so easily into hatred and resentment against those who have taken our Eden from us.
    Carolyn Heilbrun
    American academic and author (1926 - 2003)
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  • Plutarch Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Socrates Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Adrienne Gusoff Not only is life a bitch, but it is always having puppies.
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  • Nido Qubein Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
    Nido Qubein
    American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Burgundian abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Renata Adler Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.
    Renata Adler
    American author, journalist, and film (1937 - )
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  • John Keats Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Remy de Gourmont Nothing exists except by virtue of a disequilibrium, an injustice. All existence is a theft paid for by other existences; no life flowers except on a cemetery.
    Remy de Gourmont
    French writer, poet and philosopher (1858 - 1915)
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  • Roger Staubach Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • William Shakespeare Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Pearl S. Buck Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. ''
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Ellen Glasgow Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.
    Ellen Glasgow
    American writer (1873 - 1945)
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  • David Gemmell Nothing in life is sure, my son. Except the promise of death.
    The King Beyond the Gate (1985) 4
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Marie Curie Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
    Marie Curie
    French physicist, radioactivity pioneer, 2x Nobel Prize winner (1867 - 1934)
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