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8239 Full quotes by 4716 unique authors
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The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the…
— Amy Tan
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Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.
— Iris Murdoch
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Concentration, Full Confidence, Pure Will. With these 3, what cannot be accomplished?
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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...the truer measure of sacrifice isn't so much what one gives to sacrifice as what one sacrifices to give. Faith isn't tested so much when…
— Lynn G. Robbins
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Our willingness to repent shows our gratitude for God's gift and for the Savior's love and sacrifice on our behalf. Commandments and priesthood covenants provide…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up…
— Max Euwe
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The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world…
— Margaret Bourke-White
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Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create…
— David Hurn
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And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or…
— Sam Abell
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Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the finished…
— Edward Weston
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The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel…
— Edward Weston
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Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this:…
— Walker Evans
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When you're photographing anything to do with war and conflict you're photographing something impossible. Everything you do is just clumsy and stupid and half witted.…
— Unknown Author
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A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off.
— Kevin Keegan
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I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd
— Johnny Giles
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels.
— Ansel Adams
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Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nothing is so effective in keeping one young and full of lust as a discriminating palate thoroughly satisfied at least once a day
— Angelo Pellegrini
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A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!
— Gustav Mahler
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The lecturer who is full of his subject is usually very slow in emptying himself.
— Evan Esar
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The glasses were half full, which meant that the guests were completely so
— Guy de Maupassant
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There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be…
— Ray Bradbury
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This earth is not our home. We are away at school, trying to master the lessons of "the great plan of happiness" so we can…
— Bruce C. Hafen
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Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you, how…
— Melissa Etheridge
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