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5201 quotes by 3036 authors
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Many and many a person in Georgia asked me why we did not go to South Carolina; and, when I answered that we were en…
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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When intelligent and sensible people despise knowledge in their old age, it is only because they have asked too much of it and of themselves.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I applaud the courage of he who accepts each and every one of the laws of a game he did not invent and was not…
— Juan Carlos Onetti
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No longer is science asked to understand the world, or to improve any part of it. It is asked instead to immediately justify everything that…
— Guy Debord
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Were I asked to focus the New Testament message in three words, my proposal would be ADOPTION THROUGH PROPITIATION, and I do not expect ever…
— J I Packer
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When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd…
— Wally Schirra
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Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time.…
— Sitting Bull
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The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear.…
— Pema Chodron
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I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost…
— Stephen Harper
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My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the leftovers from the creative processes, the ashes. My…
— Yves Klein
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I was recruited by my family the day after the presidential election. My daughters were visually upset at the results and asked, ‘what are we…
— Bobby Schilling
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One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no.'…
— Jim Sasser
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I looked around at what my colleagues were doing, and asked myself, 'What relationship has it with what's going on?' I found there was a…
— Martin Parr
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When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it's the first personal computer worth criticizing. So…
— Alan Kay
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I have a very dear friend, a great painter, called me up very upset, the work wasn’t going well… He asked me to come to…
— Morton Feldman
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Somebody asked me what I wanted to do. I just said I wanted to…just to give back to it what it’s given me. And to…
— Jeff Buckley
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When I first made the team I didn't even know there was a national team. So to meit was all new. When I got asked…
— Kristine Lilly
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It may be asked, why there cannot be one and the same path for all? Because He reveals Himself in infinite ways and forms -…
— Anandamayi Ma
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Every artist gets asked the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?' The honest artist answers, 'I steal them.'
— Austin Kleon
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