Directly Quotes
1259 quotes by 1042 authors
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The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.
— Paul Auster
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I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same…
— Abigail Adams
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
— Joseph Addison
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A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work…
— John Berger
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Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into…
— Ingmar Bergman
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for…
— Wendell Berry
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Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.
— Jeff Bezos
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The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly…
— Conrad Black
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Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health…
— Christopher Bond
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Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are…
— Johannes Brahms
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I…
— Jerry Brown
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January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.
— Michael Caine
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When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much…
— Naomi Campbell
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Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot…
— Albert Camus
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The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will…
— John le Carre
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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
— Jimmy Carter
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There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted.…
— Dick Cheney
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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself…
— Agatha Christie
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Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as…
— Chris Christie
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America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
— Georges Clemenceau
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