Quotes 7961 till 7980 of 10692.
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The same meaning changes with the words which express it. Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.
Source: Pensees (1669) -
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
Original:Le savant n'est pas l'homme qui fournit les vraies réponses; c'est celui qui pose les vraies questions.
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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
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The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature.
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The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach-waiting for a gift from the sea.
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The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .
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The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
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The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon.
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The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
Source: A Treatise on Parents and Children (1910) -
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
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The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.
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The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.
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The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well.
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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
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The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
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The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.
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The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
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The Senate needs to protect the interests of the American people and the world community, not provide political cover to President Bush. It's not enough to call Saddam Hussein evil incarnate.
Source: on U.S. Senate hearings into President Bushs planned invasion of Iraq
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