Quotes 281 till 300 of 634.
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It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas... If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you... On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.
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It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
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It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.
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It's about never giving up until your hand is on the wall. I think people who get complacent, who think that they are in front, a sloppy touch, can cost you that elusive medal, just as much as the people who are gunning for you. If you believe you can get there right to the very end, miracles do happen.
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It's best to give while your hand is still warm.
Everyman (2006) -
It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
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It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment.
The Passion (2007) 19 -
It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue.
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It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
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It's very questionable, and we will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.
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Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.
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Keep our Empire undismembered guide our Forces by Thy Hand, gallant blacks from far Jamaica, Honduras and Togoland; protect them Lord in all their fights, and even more, protect the whites.
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Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
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Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
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Let us love nobly, and live, and add again years and years unto years, till we attain to write threescore: this is the second of our reign.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
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Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!
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Life is like a box of hand grenades, you never know what will blow you to kingdom come.
The Last Don -
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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