Quotes with thinking--not

Quotes 8241 till 8260 of 10591.

  • Cate Blanchett There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Jane Austen There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve them.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Carol Shields There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.
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    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Victor Hugo There are fathers who do not love their children, but there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Samuel Johnson There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Plato There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who when danger is pressing in will not acknowledge the divine power.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Alexander Chase There are few successful adults who were not first successful children.
    Alexander Chase
    American journalist and editor (1926 - )
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  • Pamela Hansford Johnson There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment. Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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  • Winston Churchill There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Aleister Crowley There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been a success, Mammon grips them and whispers: ''More money for more work.''
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • Samuel Johnson There are innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this state receive no answer: Why do you and I exist? Why was this world created? Since it was to be created, why was it not created sooner?
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Audre Lorde There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita There are lots of people shaping decisions, and so if we want to predict correctly, we have to pay attention to everybody who is trying to shape the outcome, not just the people at the pinnacle of the decision-making pyramid.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Brad Stone There are lots of retailers that are now scrambling to emulate the Amazon model, so Amazon does not have a monopoly on same-day distribution or broad selection or low prices. All that said, there are advantages that accrue to the largest player, so I don't see much in the way of Amazon slowing down.
    Brad Stone
    American journalist (1971 - )
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  • Bryan White There are many people that struggle and struggle and have all the talent in the world, but for some reason they are not successful. You never know why those things happen.
    Bryan White
    American country music singer and songwriter (1974 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Cyril Connolly There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • A. Bartlett Giamatti There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
    A. Bartlett Giamatti
    American professor and president of Yale University (1938 - 1989)
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