Amid Quotes
292 Amid quotes by 233 unique authors
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Thus another friendship was dashed on the cruel rocks amid the storm of my self-destruction.
— Russell Brand
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You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and…
— Howard Pyle
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Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each…
— John Green
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Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The word that came to me now was "defiant." Because a person had to be defiant to be able to stand amid the wreckage of…
— Karen White
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Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth,…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived.
— Mark Helprin
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The Amyrlin Seat has fallen," a nearby Aes Sedai cried amid the crystallized Sharans. "The Amyrlin Seat has fallen!
— Robert Jordan
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She missed the built environment of New York City. It was only in an urban landscape, amid straight lines and architecture, that she could situate…
— Ruth Ozeki
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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Ruth is so loyal and gentle-hearted, we cannot help loving her, as she stands with the reapers amid the waving corn. Her beautiful, unselfish spirit…
— Helen Keller
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Most of the presidential candidates' economic packages involve 'tax breaks,' which is when the government, amid great fanfare, generously decides not to take quite so…
— Dave Barry
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Imagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. Yet, such a book…
— James Lovelock
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Christmas reminds us we are not alone. We are not unrelated atoms, jouncing and ricocheting amid aliens, but are a part of something, which holds…
— Donald E. Westlake
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The Self in you is the same as the Self Universal. Whatever powers are manifested throughout the world, those powers exist in germ, in latency,…
— Annie Besant
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Worshiping God even amid despair is a way to defy the Adversary and declare our valuing of the good-the best-in life: the Lord!
— Jack W. Hayford
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Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical life amid psychological…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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When my company was first getting off the ground, we were completely lost in the shuffle, despite our best efforts. In 2012, however, we had…
— Ryan Holmes
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Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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The principle of plural marriage was revealed to the Mormons amid much secrecy. Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after rumors…
— Scott Anderson
Who Wrote These Amid Quotes
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