Certain Quotes
7889 quotes by 4823 authors
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A unitary urbanism — the synthesis of art and technology that we call for — must be constructed according to certain new values of life,…
— Gil J Wolman
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All cities are geological; you cannot take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige of their legends. We move within a closed landscape…
— Ivan Chtcheglov
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Cities have a psychogeographical relief, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes which strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones
— Ivan Chtcheglov
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To suggest that the merciful, longsuffering, gracious and loving God of the Bible would invent a dreadful doctrine like Calvinism, which would have us believe…
— Tim LaHaye
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A quota is always something artificial that can only last for a certain period of time.
— Jacques Santer
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To those who live by the land there must always come times of hardship, of fear and of hunger, even as there are years of…
— Kamala Markandaya
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Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and the second law of thermodynamics.
— Seth Lloyd
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Regarding perfection, that’s a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in it, and my…
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in…
— Saint Patrick
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Of this you may be certain: The Lord especially loves righteous women-women who are not only faithful but filled with faith, women who are optimistic…
— M. Russell Ballard
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Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational evolution,…
— Ernst Mayr
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For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large,…
— A. R. Ammons
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C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development…
— Dennis Ritchie
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A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style…
— Coco Chanel
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Glamour is an attitude-it's the expression of a certain kind of confidence. A glamorous woman is always elegant, but she also possesses an air of…
— Ralph Lauren
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Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn't be…
— Unknown Author
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The coast is an edgy place. Living on the coast presents certain stark realities and a wild, rare beauty. Continent confronts ocean. Weather intensifies. It's…
— Carl Safina
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Modern liberalism, for most liberals is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of unexamined prejudices and conjoined sentiments. The basic…
— James Burnham
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You get to a point where it gets very complex, where you have money laundering activities, drug related activities, and terrorist support activities converging at…
— Sibel Edmonds
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The digestive canal is in its task a complete chemical factory. The raw material passes through a long series of institutions in which it is…
— Ivan Pavlov
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