Quotes 1721 till 1740 of 2473.
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The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time.
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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it''
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The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them.
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The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.
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The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.
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The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.
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The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
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The true use of a letter is to let one know that one is remembered and valued.
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The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.
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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.
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The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.
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The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.
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The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.
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The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
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The white people can go wherever they please and they will not be disturbed by us, and I want you to let them know.
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The whole idea is not to figure out what you should do that will matter, but to make each thing you do reflect the values you want, because we don't know what's going to matter in the future.
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