Case Quotes
3360 quotes by 2389 authors
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I am interested in making up a good case for distortion, as I am coming to believe it is the only way to make people…
— Flannery O'Connor
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If you can't sleep at night because of your stock market position, then you have gone too far. If this is the case, then sell…
— Jesse Lauriston Livermore
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One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series...
— Ted Danson
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He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets…
— Arthur Miller
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Philanthropy is all about making a positive difference in the world by devoting your resources and your time to causes you believe in. In my…
— Jeffrey Skoll
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The old lady told me that all the girls in the village of Annezin prayed every night for the War to end, and for the…
— Robert Graves
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In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and…
— Erich Maria Remarque
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I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war and the orators who talk so much about going on, no…
— Vera Brittain
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The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but…
— Thomas Chalmers
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The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most…
— John Stuart Mill
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In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth…
— Sam Zell
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Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always be seen…
— James A. Baldwin
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James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me…
— Anne McCaffrey
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When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement…
— George Orwell
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Because I can't seem to escape it. It's a way for me to address and counter my questions about what it means to be human,…
— Junot Diaz
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What's needed in this case is conscious and serious practice in hearing, and using, and being used by, other people's voices.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Technique in the minds of many is something rigid, something like a formula that you impose on the material; but in the best stories it…
— Flannery O'Connor
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Every single case of inherited defect, every malformed child, every congenitally tainted human being brought into this world is of infinite importance to that poor…
— Margaret Sanger
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Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the…
— Ralph Gibson
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I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which his…
— Alexander Kotov
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