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63 quotes by 61 authors
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
— Dante Alighieri
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Our nation is somewhat sad, but we're angry. There's a certain level of blood lust, but we won't let it drive our reaction. We're steady,…
— George W. Bush
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The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to…
— Blaise Pascal
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One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving…
— Harold Rosenberg
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Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
— William Shenstone
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The Spirit of Enterprise, which characterizes the commercial part of America, has left no occasion of displaying itself unimproved. It is not at all probable…
— Alexander Hamilton
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There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we…
— Malcolm X
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Helping to build a better-organized, fair and harmonious world: that idea lies at the heart of my conception of our country's role. Down through the…
— Jacques Chirac
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But of course there are all kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talked about in the…
— David Foster Wallace
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I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying…
— Paul Wolfowitz
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing…
— Manuel Puig
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People ask for this life, but they don't really understand what comes with it. People just see the outside and that looks good - big…
— Bow Wow
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Today, Musana is a thriving orphanage in Iganga, Uganda, housing over one hundred children! When asked what it was that made her fight for these…
— Matthew West
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In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!
— Anton Chekhov
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Set in the remote and harsh high desert landscape of Idaho, Outpost is an artist live/work studio and sculpture garden for making and displaying art.…
— Tom Kundig
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Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.
— Laozi
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We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be amply insisted on,…
— David Hume
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High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in…
— John Ruskin
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In London, almost all Jewish shops in the Whitechapel district were displaying placards denying entry to German salesmen and affirming their anti-Nazi boycott. Teenagers patrolled…
— Edwin Black
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