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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal. — Victor Hugo
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we… — Samuel Johnson
What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. — Doris Lessing
I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead to… — Moby
Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when… — Nathan Myhrvold
The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found… — Colin Quinn
The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at… — David Suzuki
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves… — Mark Twain
Being with him made her feel as though her soul had escaped from the narrow confines of her island country into the vast, extravagant spaces… — Arundhati Roy
My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made… — Audre Lorde
I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets… — John Steinbeck
The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Gymn says your fine. He's examined your internal organs and found nothing lacking. — Donita K. Paul
Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when… — Arundhati Roy
I turned to my own bunk and examined it with a kind of appalled fascination. If the mattress stains were anything to go by, a… — Bill Bryson
Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory. It has to be examined---sifted. But here the whole thing is cut and dried. No, my friend, this… — Agatha Christie
He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate… — George Orwell
He read reports, examined evidence, and poured more reports up the chain than the Pentagon could read. Nothing short of a human sieve. But in… — Ted Dekker
In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was the greater obstacle,… — Richard Matheson
I am strongly of the opinion that, after the age of twenty-one, a man ought not to be out of bed and awake at four… — P.G. Wodehouse
It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so fleeting… — Ahdaf Soueif
For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he condemns;… — John Locke
This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted. — James A. Baldwin
Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well? — Kurt Vonnegut
An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain. — Susan Orlean

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