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Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or… — Zbigniew Herbert
Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem. — Paul Celan
I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many. — Mary Augusta Ward
The reaction against your own thought in itself lends life to thought. How this reaction is born is hard to describe, because it identifies with… — Emile M. Cioran
Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration. — Emile M. Cioran
One cannot live without motives. I have no motives left, and I am living. — Emile M. Cioran
We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious. They… — Pol Pot
Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts. — Julius Nyerere
From what we cannot hold, the stars are made. — W S Merwin
If abandoning animal research means that there are some things we cannot learn, then so be it ... We have no basic right ... not… — Tom Regan
I just could not stand the idea of eating meat - I really do think that it has made me calmer.... People's general awareness is… — Kate Bush
Some events are in the area of the soul where words cannot penetrate. — Neal Cassady
Everything changes but change itself. Everything flows and nothing remains the same... You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters and yet… — Heraclitus
The truth is a trap: you cannot get it without it getting you; you cannot get the truth by capturing it, only by its capturing… — Soren Kierkegaard
It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep. — John Cage
Try as we may to make a silence, we cannot, — John Cage
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight… — Leontyne Price
As for my voice, it cannot be categorized-and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic, mezzo… — Jessye Norman
In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it. — A. Philip Randolph
Wanted: More Praise I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and blamed… — Frances E. Willard

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