Element Quotes
1055 quotes by 914 authors
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It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and…
— George F. Kennan
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The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent…
— Margaret Sanger
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Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of partiality for his individual favorites,…
— William James
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In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.
— Robert Fitzgerald
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We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the…
— George Balanchine
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It is horrible! It is not the suffering and the death of the animals that is horrible, but the fact that the man without any…
— Leo Tolstoy
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There is an element of paranoia in this inclination to view any serious attempt at a compromised peace as somehow directed against Israel.
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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FAITH is the element, the “chemical†which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.
— Napoleon Hill
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The Chinese say that water is the most powerful element, because it is perfectly nonresistant. It can wear away a rock, and sweep all before…
— Florence Scovel Shinn
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Mystery is the essential element of every work of art.
— Luis Bunuel
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How can you worry about pleasing people [critics] and what they're going to think? How can you do anything creative if the whole thing is…
— Elliot Easton
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Sport is an essential element of education.
— George A. Sheehan
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He considered the Rvolution a victroy for the Jews, which opinion, he said, prevailed on the East Side where rejoicing knew no bounds. We felt,…
— Abraham Cahan
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There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was…
— Saint Augustine
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Crime has always been a regrettably consistent element of the human experience.
— Mark Frost
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It wasn't sexual in its element. I wasn't being exploited. I was doing what happened. It was very challenging because I played Phyllis from 15…
— Lesley-Anne Down
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Water is also one of the four elements, the most beautiful of God's creations. It is both wet and cold, heavy, and with a tendency…
— John of Damascus
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All moments of joy include an element of happiness. But not all moments of happiness include joy. Happiness often comes from drive reduction-avoidance of pain…
— Laurel Mellin
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In the contest between talent and hard work as to which is the more important element of success, there's no comparison. A mediocre talent with…
— David Joyner
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