Quotes 1621 till 1640 of 2349.
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The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.
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The pictures are created by the listener, with a little help from the broadcaster. The pictures are perfect. If you're showing pictures, different things in that picture can distract from the spoken word.
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The pitch should be very clear about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and why I should care. If you can cover those things quickly and precisely, it's easy for me to decide whether I want to spend more time with you or not.
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The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
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The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.
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The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.
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The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.
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The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.
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The problem with learning the truth about things is that you lose the confidence that comes from being dumb.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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The question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don’t we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.
The Dud Avocado (1958) I, 8 -
The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of public relations. Without it, America would be grim indeed.
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The real power, the power we have to fight for night and day, is not power over things, but over men.
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The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision...
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The reality is that a lot of these bad things that happen in the wrestling business, 90 percent are because of certain people's egos. There's no question about that.
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The reality is, I'm not 24 or 34 anymore. Things are going to be different when I prepare for and when I compete in an athletic endeavor.
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The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.
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The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.
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