I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To the extent that I've ever understood postmodernism - and I'm sure there are people out there who do, but I'm not… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and… — Paul McGann Copy Share Image
Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
But since the Modernists (as they are commonly and rightly called) employ a very clever artifice, namely, to present their doctrines without… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Each day is a miracle that intoxicates me. I want more. I greet every morning like a new pleasure. And yet I… — Malika Oufkir Copy Share Image
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The younger and healthier a woman is and the more her new and glossy body seems destined for eternal freshness, the less… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as… — Moliere Copy Share Image
The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence. — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
O cruel cloudless space, And pale bare ground where the poor infant lies! Why do we feel restored As in a sacramental… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
How do men feel whose whole lives (and many men's lives are) are lies, schemes, and subterfuges? What sort of company do… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
[John Calvin] writes clearly, directly, without artifice, and gets straight to the practical heart of the matter. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was impoverished, had undergone a deterioration so… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Nature is mighty. Art is mighty. Artifice is weak. For nature is the work of a mightier power than man. Art is… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to demonstrate in the streets, what is the significance of that collective activity so symptomatic of the twentieth… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
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