Quotes 1141 till 1160 of 1572.
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The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it.
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The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.
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There are a lot of kicks out there in taekwondo that are flashy, so I like all of those. My favourite is probably chop because I'm better at it than the others. But I like a good back kick if I can nail it well.
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There are always some surprises in the draw when people are playing pretty well.
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There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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There are individuals who have never done anything for Jesus Christ, and I have no doubt there are preachers as well, who have never done anything for the God Almighty.
Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ (1917) -
There are many things I’ve written that I didn’t really understand until a long time later.
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There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
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There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!
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There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.
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There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth.
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There are things that happen and leave no discernible trace, are not spoken of or written of, though it would be wrong to say that subsequent events go on indifferently, all the same, as though such things had never been.
Possession (1990) Postscript, Page 50 -
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; and never to tell that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it.
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There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
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There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your correspondence in the afternoon, and have nothing further to do. Then comes that hour when you are bored; that's the time for sex.
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There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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