Quotes 241 till 260 of 822.
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I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.
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I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
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I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
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I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
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I do think moms should be given a break, all across the board. And I think that the most important thing is that you're healthy. After I had my little girl, I wanted to be healthy for her and have a healthy body image so that she hopefully grows up to see that her self worth isn't defined by how thin she is.
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I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
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I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.
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I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
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I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and trembling fear, so much of the heart's history, that all errors and shortcomings are for a while lost sight of in the amiable self assertion of youth.
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I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
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I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.
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I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man, and that also means: to the actual size of man. Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful. To go for giantism is to go for self-destruction.
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I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
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I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
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I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.
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I think in your home, you should only use colors that you look good in. It's a little self-serving but think if it as you're on a stage. Not with any pressure, but you want to showcase yourself.
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