The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In Christ, for the first time, we see that in God himself there exists--within his inseparable unity--the distinction between the Father who… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
Of distinction by birth or badge, [Americans] had no more idea than they had of the mode of existence in the moon… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Any individual is capable of realizing the truth at any time. No tradition is necessary, no chain, no lineage. Once you have… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think of poetry as a very inclusive term. Still, it's interesting that people want to make the distinction. I love the… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
Fiction and poetry expose intimate things from a person's life every bit as much as memoir does, and sometimes more. I don't… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We may conceive an hope that the next generation will in tongue and heart and every way else become English; so as… — Sir John Davies Copy Share Image
I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to… — Liam Fox Copy Share Image
The people are maybe still as aware of the differences but they are more accepting of it that what we saw in… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
To scatter praise or blame without regard to justice is to destroy the distinction of good and evil. Many have no other… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think people like me are in a relatively privileged position because we have to some extent chosen to live in foreign… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Cyberspace is colonising what we used to think of as the real world. I think that our grandchildren will probably regard the… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Part of the true luxury of "earned laziness" are the braggin rights that come along with being purposefully and publicly lazy. It… — Al Gini Copy Share Image
Nature has not placed us in an inferior rank to men, no more than the females of other animals, where we see… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as unimportant, are unlikely to think carefully about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We mustn't be stiff and stand-off, you know. We must be thoroughly democratic, and patronize everybody without distinction of class. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
A good rant is cathartic. Ranting is what keeps me sane. They always come from a different place. Take the prime minister,… — Rick Mercer Copy Share Image
Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, he belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambitions of our… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I don't make a lot of distinctions between things like landscape or figure painting, because to me the problems are inherently the… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
First of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of the distinctions that we make between drama and documentary are spurious. We're deeply confused about these issues. About the… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
When you go back to your environment and you deal with employees... do you inspire people or do you make them feel… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The majority decision constitutionalizes a distinction between a red leather pouch and a paper bag that is necessarily based at least in… — David L. Bazelon Copy Share Image
I think it is absurd to give such tremendous importance to the distinctions between men and women. When I meet someone I… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may… — David Antin Copy Share Image
The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I'm honestly perplexed about the distinction represented by the cervical wall. On one side, people should be prosecuted if they do anything… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
Instead of old spiritual distinctions you have new spiritual distinctions, instead of old worships you have new worships. You are all depending… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction - prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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