Deflected Quotes
23 quotes by 21 authors
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...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery.
— Robert Higgs
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We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to force us to regard the two sexes as completely equal…
— Sigmund Freud
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He is so efficient. He seems to be playing smarter, more confidently. I think they have given him more responsibility. He's very, very accurate and…
— Pat Haden
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This Cruel Age has deflected me...
— Anna Akhmatova
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Men and women who are lonely create. Those who are gregarious rarely do... Any poet would rather bed with a girl than write a poem…
— Burton Rascoe
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India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its…
— Pranab Mukherjee
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Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child. Through the years my mother has told me that it was fortunate…
— Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
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It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgment, to which I still…
— Raymond Williams
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You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland,…
— Peter Hain
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have…
— Hans Haacke
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Every light has a point where it is brightest and a point toward which it wanders to lose itself completely. It must be intercepted to…
— Josef von Sternberg
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Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be…
— Abraham Flexner
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Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through,…
— Nick Hornby
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If you lie to your husband - even about something so banal as how much you drink - each lie is a brick in a…
— Mary Karr
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This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowed into a sister…
— Anna Akhmatova
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Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons,…
— Michelle Sagara
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Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering…
— Bill Bryson
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In the unspoilt state of innocent childhood, practically every human being has a natural and direct feeling for the existence of God Almighty. But as…
— Nirmala Srivastava
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In retrospect, it is evident that the emphasis on 'man as enemy' deflected attention away from focus on improving relationships between women and men, ways…
— Author M
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Point made. Question deflected. Spoiled bitch put in her pace.
— Jhiess Krieg
Who Wrote These Deflected Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 23 Deflected Quotes as follows: