Called Quotes

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When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children,… — Brian Aldiss
Sex and excretion are reminders that anyone's claim to round-the-clock dignity is tenuous. The so-called rational animal has a desperate drive to pair up and… — Steven Pinker
We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly linked to sex… — Margaret Mead
Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to… — Colin Greenland
I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act to help end discrimination to help end discrimination against same-sex couples in this… — Barack Obama
I mean, really: He called me 33 percent lesbian, which was a gross underestimation of my lesbian-ness. — Reese Witherspoon
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is… — Gautama Buddha
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth… — Gautama Buddha
Accepting that your imperfections and so-called negative attributes are part of what makes you unique will help you to stop continually trying to be someone… — Beverly Engel
Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he may indeed be… — Gautama Buddha
He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is… — Gautama Buddha
He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called… — Gautama Buddha
When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called 'the enjoyment… — Gautama Buddha
One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming… — Gautama Buddha
They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong,… — Gautama Buddha
Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest,… — Plato
All revival begins, and continues, in the prayer meeting. Some have also called prayer the "great fruit of revival." In times of revival, thousands may… — Henry Blackaby
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called… — Henry Clarence Thiessen
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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