That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
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The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that life consists mostly of interruptions, with occasional spells of rush work in between? — Buwei Yang Chao Copy Share Image
Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
As a healthy person, my breakfasts are very bland and boring. Think kind of a white pasty gruel. Or there can be… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
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Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
The impression of wood-grain... must be considered, not only as regards texture and visibility, but for the occasional possibility of the expression… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
In your life’s journey, there will be excitement and fulfillment, boredom and routine, and even the occasional train wreck… But when you… — Pamela Melroy Copy Share Image
Recent results from astronomers who study the occasional gravitational lensing of unknown worlds by intervening stars suggest that orphan planets could be… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Someone who lies for you will also lie to you. The occasional benefit your business may gain from a successful deception or… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Women like other women fine. The more feminine she is, the more comfortable a woman feels with her own sex. It is… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
The world was held in a savage gloom - cold and intolerable. Outside, all was quiet - quiet! From the dark room… — William Hope Hodgson Copy Share Image
Catch a vista of maples in that long light and you see Autumn glowing through the leaves… The promise of gold and… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
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Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Although people who had achieved a great deal in science and technology talked of the inscrutability of creativity, I was not convinced… — Genrich Altshuller Copy Share Image
Hellenic science is a victory of rationalism, which appears greater, not smaller, when one is made to realize that it had been… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
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A person should go out on the water on a fine day to a small distance from a beautiful coast, if he… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response… Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
“Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Creative people must entertain lots of silly ideas in order to receive the occasional strokes of genius — Marshall Cook Copy Share Image
His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
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The muted color scheme allows the occasional brighter yellow or red to pop out on the wall in a show, which I… — Marcel Dzama Copy Share Image
As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
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The pure administration of Graham-and-Doddery really needs a long-term lock-up like Warren Buffett has, or it will have occasional quite dreadful client… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors, and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much as part… — Cherie Carter-Scott Copy Share Image
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises. — Johannes Tauler Copy Share Image
A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout of violent and irrational emotion, for instinctual… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
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Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation. — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
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