Directed Quotes
671 quotes by 578 authors
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How do we accomplish this matter of gathering life together in God? We must begin primarily by refocusing our attention keeping our minds and hearts…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great deal…
— James Boswell
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It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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A little snark, properly directed, can change the world.
— Shannon Hale
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A typical weeknight when he was home like this: 1. Sit down and try to do homework. 2. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: “Please play with…
— Jordan Sonnenblick
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Mr Beach was too well bred to be inquisitive, but his eyebrows here not. 'Ah!' he said. '?', cried the eyebrows. '? ? ?' Ashe…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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The fierce words of Jesus addressed to the Pharisees of His day stretch across the bands of time. Today they are directed not only to…
— Brennan Manning
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The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom…
— Brennan Manning
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The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell of hair and skin and bone dies and another is directed to its…
— Donald Miller
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Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be enthroned in the…
— John Owen
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We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse directed into the…
— Stephen Fry
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...All endeavours which are directed to a purely worldly end...contain within themselves the germs of their own corruption.
— T.H. White
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Do you like manga?" she asked after a minute. "Anime?" "Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies, animated or not."…
— Kelley Armstrong
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Turn right up ahead," he directed. "It'll take us directly to my cottage." She did as he asked. "Does your cottage have a name?" "My…
— Julia Quinn
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Creativity is contagious. And so is banality. Criticism is an art in itself. Don’t let the dullness around destroy the creativity within. T.S. Eliot said,…
— Elif Safak
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Listening to the music while stretching her body close to its limit, she was able to attain a mysterious calm. She was simultaneously the torturer…
— Haruki Murakami
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A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting…
— Napoleon Hill
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We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The human lust for…
— Steven Pinker
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Every man becomes the image of the God he adores. He whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead. He who loves corruption…
— Thomas Merton
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Emma Willard told the legislature that the education of women "has been too exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of…
— Howard Zinn
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