Quotes 1061 till 1080 of 1326.
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To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.
Source: (2011) -
Today we say that the law of relativity is supposed to be true at all energies, but someday somebody may come along and say how stupid we were.
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Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
Source: Speech Chicago 04-11-2008 -
True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood.
Source: Leviathan (1651) -
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
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True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.
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True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
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True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.
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True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin.
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
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True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.
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True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.
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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
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True creativity often starts where language ends.
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
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True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence. The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
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True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.
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