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2520 Held quotes by 1751 unique authors

The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. — Norwood Russell Hanson
There is no greater egoism than that of learning when it is treated simply as a mark of personal distinction to be held and cherished… — John Dewey
Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I don't… — Hanif Kureishi
To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter his gracious light. — Richard J. Foster
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. — Laozi
...[Changers] were a threat to identity, a challenge to the individualism even of those they were never likely to impersonate. It had nothing to do… — Iain Banks
The twin guardian angels whose eyes and hands and wings had focused protective attention on the souls that lay there no longer faced each other.… — Claire Morgan
Head held high, she stepped toward the block and sank to her knees, and it was then that Akiva started to scream. His voice soared… — Laini Taylor
It can be said, then, that Everlost is heaven...for the places that deserve a share of forever. Such places are few and far between...The greatest… — Neal Shusterman
Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something… — Herbert Butterfield
For you who came so far; for you who held out, wearing a black scarf to signify grief; for you who believe true love can… — Naomi Shihab Nye
He was sure that he was not the cause of the abrupt silence. His passage through the canyon had not previously disturbed either birds or… — Dean Koontz
I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life — Marlon Brando
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about… — Stephen Ambrose
I had come to realize the importance of the Nation, and of shared, communal, social responsibility, to be held as equally important as individual concerns.… — Thomas Paine
Tens of millions of Americans who neither know or understand the actual arguments for, or even against, evolution, march in the Army of the Night… — Isaac Asimov
In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe. — Aravind Adiga
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me. — Alison Bechdel
We were badly held back not just by the technology, but by the culture of journalism. — Ezra Klein
I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Peoples lives, in Jubilee as elsewhere, were dull, simple, amazing, unfathomable-deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum. . . . What I wanted [to write down]… — Alice Munro
For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with… — Tom Clancy
Can you remember how you felt when you were communicating through your artwork? Not just the sense of completion, but the sense of rightness- the… — Charles de Lint
I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same… — Mark Udall
You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to… — Pope Leo XIII

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