Imposed Upon Quotes
72 Imposed Upon quotes by 63 unique authors
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Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?
— Anthony Burgess
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The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the…
— Herbert Marcuse
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This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must…
— Frederick Douglass
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Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through its…
— Alberto Manguel
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I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.
— George Eliot
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It may not be nice to be good, little 6655321. It may be horrible to be good. And when I say that to you I…
— Anthony Burgess
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A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency.…
— John Kennedy Toole
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These days its not just that the line between right and wrong has been made unclear, today Christians are being asked by our culture today…
— Ravi Zacharias
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In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.
— John Calvin
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The various forms of education or ‘normalization’ imposed upon an individual consist in making him or her change points of subjectification, always moving towards a…
— Gilles Deleuze
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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! Else it may be…
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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An unauthentic word, one which is unable to transform reality, results when dichotomy is imposed upon its constitutive elements. When a word is deprived of…
— Paulo Freire
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Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man…
— Anthony Burgess
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As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated…
— Theodor Adorno
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The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her manners had been…
— Margaret Mitchell
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What is a clock? Something agreed upon and arbitrarily imposed upon us. Standard time. Not true time. Symbolizing the whole standardization of our lives.
— Susan Glaspell
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Our strength often increases in proportion to the obstacles imposed upon it.
— Unknown Author
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Meat supplies a variety of nutrients - among them iron, zinc, and Vitamin B12 - that are not readily found in plants. We can survive…
— Michael Specter
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Every state has an undoubted right to determine the status, or domestic and social condition, of the persons domiciled within its territory except insofar as…
— Roger B. Taney
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I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white…
— Cherrie Moraga
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you…
— Frederick Douglass
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We believe that Carlyle has, after all, more readers, and is better known to-day for thisvery originality of style, and that posterity will have reason…
— Henry David Thoreau
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