Quotes with sticking-place

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  • C. K. Williams One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one has a grandchild, or now I have two. And I think that possibly there's some tenderness that came out of just time and age and being a parent and grandparent.
    C. K. Williams
    American poet, critic and translator (1936 - 2015)
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  • John Berger One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
    John Berger
    English art critic, novelist, painter and poet (1926 - 2017)
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  • Jane Austen One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • George C. Mason Sr One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar.
    George C. Mason Sr
    American architect (1820 - 1894)
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  • Callie Khouri One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export.
    Callie Khouri
    American film and television (1957 - )
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  • Virginia Woolf One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Jean de la Fontaine One returns to the place one came from.
    Jean de la Fontaine
    French writer (1621 - 1695)
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  • Thomas Arnold One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
    Thomas Arnold
    English educator and historian (1795 - 1842)
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  • Henry Miller One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Bill Bryson Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Thomas Paine Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS - our inferior one varies with the place.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Earl Nightingale Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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  • Barack Obama Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.
    Speech, 04-12-2014
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • J. G. Ballard Our lives today are not conducted in linear terms. They are much more quantified; a stream of random events is taking place.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Billy Parish Our personal networks, although often small at the beginning, can still be the best place to start when we want to get a job that makes a difference or take our ideas to the next level.
    Billy Parish
    American environmental entrepreneur, author, and activist (1981 - )
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  • Anthony Trollope Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Campbell Scott Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity.
    Campbell Scott
    American actor, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Abigail Adams Patriotism in the female sex is the most disinterested of all virtues. Excluded from honors and from offices, we cannot attach ourselves to the State or Government from having held a place of eminence.... Yet all history and every age exhibit instances of patriotic virtue in the female sex; which considering our situation equals the most heroic of yours.
    Letter to John Adams, 17 June 1782
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Carson Kressley People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.'
    Carson Kressley
    American television personality, actor, and designer (1969 - )
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  • Paul Auster People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you're going to see just about all that you can handle.
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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