Quotes 961 till 980 of 25898.
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Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me.
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Taste does not come by chance: it is a long and laborious task to acquire it.
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That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show. It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
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That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
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The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.
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The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the humdrum, uninspiring periods, which separate one crisis from another, and of which normal lives mainly consist.
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The barrier between success is not something which exists in the real world: it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
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The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed.
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The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.
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The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.
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The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.
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The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.
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