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Certain Quotes by Lydia Davis
- We feel an affinity with a certain thinker because we agree with him; or because he shows us what we were already thinking; or because…
- I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!
- Nearly every morning, a certain woman in our community comes running out of her house with her face white and her overcoat flapping wildly. She…
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- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. — Richard Bach
- I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids… — J. J. Abrams
- I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't… — Arthur Ashe
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell