Quotes 3341 till 3360 of 5987.
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One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.
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One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.
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One of the disadvantages of poetry over popular music is that if you write a pop song, it naturally gets into people's heads as they listen in the car. You don't have to memorize a Paul Simon song; it's just in your head, and you can sing along. With a poem, you have to will yourself to memorize it.
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One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense oversensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting. Generosity is as painful as meanness, gratitude as hateful as ingratitude.
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One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
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One of the fastest ways to build the clean energy economy is to allow more people to benefit from it.
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One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.
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One of the few reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of reacting, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
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One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
Sir William Osler: Aphorisms (1961) p. 105 -
One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.
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One of the first papers I wrote at the University of Wisconsin, in 1977, was on stem cells. I realized that if I changed the environment that these cells were in, I could turn the cells into bone, and if I changed the environment a bit more, they would form fat cells.
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One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar.
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One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security.
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One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.
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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
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One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of the author.
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One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
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