Quotes 2121 till 2140 of 3096.
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The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
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The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
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The scientific perspective of the world, especially the living world, inexorably impresses on us a dynamic picture of the world of entities and structures involved in continuous and incessant change and in process without ceasing.
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The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.
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The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference.
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The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to string along with your delusions.
Source: The Human Stain (2000) -
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.
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The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
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The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.
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The silver medals I won in Salt Lake City didn't give me anything. Last year I set myself the goal of winning the World Cup and lining up a long series of wins. It was my private challenge.
Source: Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1] -
The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.
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The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort.
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The Sixties, of course, was the worst time in the world to try and bring up a child. They were exposed to all these crazy things going on.
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The smouldering eroticism of great European actresses like Jeanne Moreau demonstrated to my generations women's archetypal mystery and glamour, completely missing from the totalitarian world-view of the misogynist Foucault. For me, the big French D is not Derrida, but Deneuve.
Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992) -
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
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The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
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The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.
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The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things, forces sweeping the planet, themes and archetypes, but I'm not smart enough to have lucid integration of all that in my head as I'm writing.
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