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Quotes 1541 till 1560 of 2690.

  • Sir William Temple Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Thomas Troward Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.
    Thomas Troward
    English author (1847 - 1916)
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  • Ben Okri Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Alvar Aalto Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.
    Alvar Aalto
    Finnish architect and designer (1898 - 1976)
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  • John Milton Our torments also may in length of time become our elements.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard Ours was a loving, nurturing household, but, at the same time, my parents' goal was to make all their children self-sufficient.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist Outfield to infield is the most jarring because in the outfield, you have much more time to throw.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Barry Eisler Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • Robert Anthony Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing.
    Robert Anthony
    American psychologist and self-help writer
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  • David Hume Pain and pleasure, grief and joy, passions and sensations succeed each other, and never all exist at the same time.
    A Treatise of Human Nature (1739)
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Caio Fonseca Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
    Caio Fonseca
    American painter (1959 - )
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  • Ted Cook Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in.
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  • Bill Clinton Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Barack Obama Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Mark Twain Patriotismis is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it .
    The Czar's Soliloquy
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Albert Ellis People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Stanislaw Jerzy Lec People find life entirely too time-consuming.
    Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
    Polish writer (1909 - 1966)
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  • Iris Murdoch People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Ann Patchett People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.
    Ann Patchett
    American author (1963 - )
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