Quotes 1661 till 1680 of 10681.
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Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
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Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.
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Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions.
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Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
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Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.
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Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters.
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Compromise is not such ignoble and deplorable a thing as we generally think. It is rather an indispensable factor in the political strategy. Any nation that rises against the oppressors is bound to fail in the beginning and to gain partial reforms during the medieval period of its struggle through compromises.
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Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood.
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Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.
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Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
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Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
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