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If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as… — William James
When I fall in love, I feel more valuable and I treat myself with more care. We have all observed the hesitant adolescent, uncertain of… — Rollo May
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most of… — John Steinbeck
If only we try to live sincerely, it will go well with us, even though we are certain to experience real sorrow, and great disappointments,… — Vincent Van Gogh
People are falling in love because a certain man has a certain type of nose. People are falling in love with fragments! Nobody is bothered… — Rajneesh
Marriage is a totally different phenomenon: it is the climax of love. Then it is good. I am not against marriage - I am for… — Rajneesh
We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport. — Alberto Salazar
Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and… — Duke Ellington
Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet. — Chico Hamilton
A man finds in the productions of nature an inexhaustible stock of material on which he can employ himself, without any temptations to envy or… — Samuel Johnson
Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There… — Paul Robeson
To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as… — Hermann Joseph Muller
A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere. — Charles Kettering
We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know,… — Madeleine L'Engle
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking… — Toni Morrison
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way… — A J Muste
In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples… — Herbert Read
At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire. — Franz Grillparzer
Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat. — Osbert Sitwell
By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician, the salesman, or the charlatan.… — Joseph Brodsky

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