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The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high… — Victor Hugo
The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news. — Daniel Kahneman
It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year. — Jonathan Kozol
Soups are a great way to introduce a lot of vegetables to kids. Stir-fries, too, because they contain so many different shapes and colors. — Emeril Lagasse
All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals. — Joshua Lederberg
A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. — Gustav Mahler
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. — Michelangelo
The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient… — Michelangelo
The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times… — John Moody
All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter. — Vladimir Nabokov
Fortified plant-based milks are delicious and contain all the calcium, protein, and vitamin D of dairy products but with none of the cholesterol, lactose, hormones,… — Ingrid Newkirk
Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things. — Marcel Proust
The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand… — Unknown Author
When I'm writing books, something weird happens; and the result is the books contain a large amount of what you could call 'supernaturalism.' As a… — Salman Rushdie
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single… — Carl Sagan
It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that… — Jerry Saltz
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves… — Sydney Smith
The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn… — Charles Stanley
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and… — William Strunk, Jr.
If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets… — Charles R. Swindoll
Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. — Rabindranath Tagore
There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen… — Queen Victoria
I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself. — Tim Vine

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