Hand Quotes
8515 quotes by 4809 authors
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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider…
— Aristotle
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization for our work,…
— Julian Assange
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no…
— Margaret Atwood
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The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come…
— Saint Augustine
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now…
— Teresa of Avila
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God…
— Teresa of Avila
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A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or…
— Charles Babbage
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As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.
— Joe Baca
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Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.
— Michelle Bachelet
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Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to…
— Michelle Bachelet
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I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild…
— Lester Bangs
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition…
— Francis Bacon
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Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
— Francis Bacon
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I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up…
— Kevin Bacon
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I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who…
— Erykah Badu
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I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.
— Lucille Ball
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If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.
— Honore de Balzac
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