Quotes 201 till 220 of 1361.
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Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
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Crony capitalism is alive and well: the big are bigger, the wealthy are getting wealthier because, with a very large powerful complicated government, which is what we have and which Democrats want more of, only the big, the powerful, the wealthy and the well connected can survive.
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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.
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Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.
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Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.
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Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes.
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Despite all the media coverage, glitz and glam of hedge funds, they have not done well for their investors. They have high - some say excessively high - fees; their short- and long-term performance has been poor.
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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
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Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.
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Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
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Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.
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Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
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Do something well, and that is quickly enough.
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Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.
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Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
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Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
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Doctrine tied itself into infinite knots over the realities of sex.
A Distant Mirror
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