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Quotes 681 till 700 of 1861.

  • Hannah Arendt It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Plutarch It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Annie Dillard It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution.
    Annie Dillard
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Anthony Trollope It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    French abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • Susan Sontag It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less interesting, less relevant, less mysterious ones.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • René Descartes It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
    René Descartes
    French philosopher, scientist (1596 - 1650)
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  • Benazir Bhutto It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
    As quoted in I never asked for power in The Guardian (15 August 2002)
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Arthur Eddington It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it may be a far harder thing to extract laws over which it has no control.
    Arthur Eddington
    English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1882 - 1944)
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  • C. Patmore It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.
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  • George Macdonald It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours.
    George Macdonald
    Scottish writer (1824 - 1905)
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  • Raymond Chandler It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Arthur Eddington It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.
    Arthur Eddington
    English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1882 - 1944)
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  • Sallust It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
    Sallust
    Roman historian (86 - 34)
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  • Og Mandino It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.
    Og Mandino
    American author (1923 - 1996)
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  • Cato the Elder It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Theodore Parker It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.
    Theodore Parker
    American minister (1810 - 1860)
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  • Bela Lugosi It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • Robert Collier It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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