Daily Quotes
2483 Daily quotes by 1707 unique authors
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We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open…
— Vicente Fox
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The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life.
— Jeanette Winterson
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Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas of a soil rich in…
— Claude Levi-Strauss
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The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its utility can be…
— Carol Bellamy
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As cows need milking and sweet peas need picking, so writers must continually exercise their mental muscles by a daily stint.
— Joan Aiken
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I have never heard a dancer asking for advice about how to stay focused on her footwork, or a painter complaining about the dull day-to-day…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.
— Amy Tan
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Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious…
— Aaron Copland
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Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a…
— Vladimir Kramnik
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The wilderness is a place of rest - not in the sense of being motionless, for the lure, after all, is to move, to round…
— David Douglass
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The wooing of the Earth thus implies much more than converting the wilderness into humanized environments. It means also preserving natural environments in which to…
— Rene Dubos
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Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament…
— Roland Barthes
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The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their…
— Adam Smith
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For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise…
— Robin Winks
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We see baptism as the starting point in our journey of discipleship. Our daily walk with Jesus Christ leads to peace and purpose in this…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily…
— Billy Graham
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God forbid that all children, of whom daily so great a multitude die, would perish, but that also for these, the merciful God, who wishes…
— Pope Innocent III
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If we are practicing our faith and seeking the companionship of the Holy Spirit, his presence can be felt in our hearts and in our…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Perfection does not come in this life, but we exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and keep our covenants. President Monson has promised, "Your…
— Neil L. Andersen
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The decision to give ourselves to others is a daily taking up of the cross.
— Charles R. Swindoll
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Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith may be enacted…
— John Dewey
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Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Though she doesn't remember any trauma, she said that her parents told her she cried on a daily basis and her grandmother resorted to passing…
— Mila Kunis
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In some departments of our daily life, in which we imagine ourselves free agents, we are ruled by dictators exercising great power.
— Edward Bernays
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Daily meditation keeps me sane. I memorize prayers or poems that express my highest spiritual ideals, and quietly, word for word, go through the prayer…
— Ashley Judd
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