Extreme Quotes

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I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under… — Maya Angelou
It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation… — Thomas Friedman
The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no… — Virginia Woolf
[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards. — Keith Richards
Melancholy suicide. —This is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness, causing the patient no longer to realize sanely the bonds… — Emile Durkheim
Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy — Joseph Conrad
How do you know it'll be pleasurable?" He got on the bed and lay down. Breath a whisper, she came closer and tied one wrist… — Nalini Singh
I could see how you could do extreme things for the person you loved. Adam One said that when you loved a person, that love… — Margaret Atwood
For pain words are lacking. There should be cries, cracks, fissures, whiteness passing over chintz covers, interference with the sense of time, of space ;… — Virginia Woolf
Then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well, Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme;… — William Shakespeare
When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position. — John Maynard Keynes
It is said that any virtue when taken to an extreme can become a vice. Overscheduling our days would certainly qualify for this. There comes… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply… — Mark Twain
the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to… — Jostein Gaarder
Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there… — Marquis de Sade
To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own… — Martha C. Nussbaum
The more she thought about it, the more Madeleine understood that extreme solitude didn't just describe the way she was feeling about Leonard. It explained… — Jeffrey Eugenides
...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling. — Ben Aaronovitch
It's strange how the human mind swings back and forth, from one extreme to another. Does truth lie at some point of the pendulum's swing,… — Graham Greene
Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses consistent leadership--to help… — Cesar Millan
extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. this is how the human body reacts to extreme stress. — Malcolm Gladwell
The lover`s discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn`t physical. It was extreme because you felt it while in… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not… — Susan Cain
Tabitha was always trying unorthodox ways to set her up with guys. Although, to be fair to her sister, Tabitha didn't usually knock the guy… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly. — Scott Westerfeld

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