Fine Quotes
3701 Fine quotes by 2431 unique authors
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.
— Democritus
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Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
— Ted Kotcheff
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You forget what it was like. You'd swear on your life you never will, but year by year it falls away. How your temperature ran…
— Tana French
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It's really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine.
— Caitlin Moran
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A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between…
— Donna Leon
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My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social,…
— Sean Connery
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The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively…
— Andy Goldsworthy
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If you hate the war, that’s fine. But you should still support the troops. They don’t get to pick where they’re deployed. They just gave…
— Chris Kyle
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If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a…
— Shinichi Suzuki
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Once you get into the groove of things and in the mood you are usually fine; it is before the event that you get nervous…
— John Gallagher, Jr.
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Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines.
— Zebulon Pike
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PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called…
— Ambrose Bierce
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What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
— Denis Diderot
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Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players…
— Jack Nicklaus
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A fine shiver coursed over my skin. "Seth?" "Yeah?" "You were in my dream." One amber-colored eye opened. "Please tell me we were naked." I…
— Unknown Author
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I don't abuse my body, I've been off 10 months, I still train and I'm always thinking about boxing, so I felt like I would…
— Andre Ward
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He says he was physically not right, that's fine but the mentality, even if you're not right, you're still in a fight and you still…
— Andre Ward
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They're intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can't do.
— Barry Levinson
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I don't care if you print something nasty about me. If it's true, fine. I don't care. But just make sure it's the truth.
— Tom Cruise
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Every fine story must leave in the mind of the sensitive reader an intangible residuum of pleasure, a cadence, a quality of voice that is…
— Willa Cather
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We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Your fingertips across my skin, the palm trees swaying in the wind - images. You sang me Spanish lullabies, the sweetest sadness in your eyes…
— A Fine Frenzy
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I think in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion, dislike, displeasure, resentment, fault-finding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a…
— Edna Ferber
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In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little.
— Robert J. Samuelson
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My [singing] style really has no style, because I try to sing each number differently. I’ve always believed that if style takes precedent over the…
— Judy Garland
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