Quotes 781 till 800 of 1359.
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Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.
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Seven years ago we all went through the flames. And the happiness of some of us since then is, we think, well worth the pain we endured.
Source: Dracula (1897) Jonathan Harker -
Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved.
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Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
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Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.
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She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.
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Shyam Benegal has found a lovely voice in this film. We've all seen the kind of cinema he's come up with over the years. His films like 'Mandi,' 'Manthan,' 'Sooraj Ka Saatvan Ghoda' all have revolutionised the face of Indian cinema. And in 'Well Done Abba,' he has once again found a relevant subject, which even youngsters can relate with.
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Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control.
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Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.
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Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.
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Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feeling alright.
Source: The Piano Man (1973) -
Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
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Slums may well be breeding-grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley.
Source: An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (2009 edition) -
So gradually, and then I had an Italian roadster that I built, it took me five years to build it, it was stolen from me and stripped. I said, well maybe we should have another where we shouldn't steal from each other.
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So I humbly accept the honor, keeping in mind the words of a British playwright, John Mortimer it was, No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense and relatively clean fingernails. Well at best I've got one of the two of those.
Source: PENN Address (2004) -
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.
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Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.
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