… he remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
It always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation—of loneliness, poverty,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I was extreme... from skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all,… — Pink Copy Share Image
Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do… — Manny Pacquiao Copy Share Image
I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme.… — Al Michaels Copy Share Image
Measures should be enacted which, without violating the rights of property, would reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity, and raise… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Something I keep coming back to in my music is the tension between two extremes: healing and chaos, hope and anxiety -… — Arca Copy Share Image
Strange it is that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free speech but object to their being "pushed to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I’d discovered, after a lot of extreme apprehension about what spoons to use, that if you do something incorrect at table with… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Being a movie star isn't easy. It requires a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Your career goes through extreme ups and downs.… — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
We are all assumed, these days, to reside at one extreme of the opinion spectrum, or another. We are pro-abortion or anti-abortion.… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a… — Jean Stapleton Copy Share Image
Women of my age in America are at the mercy of two powerful and antagonistic traditions. The first is the ultradomestic fifties… — Sylvia Ann Hewlett Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine why a woman would ever call herself anything but a feminist. But a man calling himself a feminist, what… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
It is said that any virtue when taken to an extreme can become a vice. Overscheduling our days would certainly qualify for… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible,… — Moliere Copy Share Image
In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
You can't disobey the rules every time you disapprove. However, when you're considering something that constitutes an extreme abridgement of your rights,… — Mario Savio Copy Share Image
Books of quick interest, that hurry on for incidents are for the eye to glide over only. It will not do to… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Modernism in other arts brought extreme difficulty. In poetry, the characteristic difficulty imported under the name of modernism was obscurity. But obscurity… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [we soon feel ungrateful] or those who never… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make… — Francis Darwin Copy Share Image
The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
I grew up in somewhat of a war zone in West Philadelphia in 1985, '86. It wasn't as extreme as someone coming… — Questlove Copy Share Image
Extreme patience and persistence are required, Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed The surprise box lunch of the rest of… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
In extreme situations, the entire universe becomes our foe; at such critical times, unity of mind and technique is essential - do… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
I call it extreme vetting right? Extreme vetting. I want extreme. It's going to be so tough, and if somebody comes in… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
No one runs fast without an extreme amount of training. Like today, you see kids walking around dribbling a basketball. I had… — Edwin Moses Copy Share Image
There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The events we most desire do not happen; or, if they do, it is neither in the time nor in the circumstances… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred;… — George Chapman Copy Share Image
I'm kind of obsessed by Everest and all those men that mountaineer and take themselves to extreme limits. Having gone back to… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
When I'm traveling, I like extremes. It's nice for me to go to Canada in the mountains where it's snowing or to… — Jessica Henwick Copy Share Image
For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
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