Instance Quotes

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As we grow up, it feels like you should either invite people into your life or not. There should be fewer and fewer instances of… — Sloane Crosley
Sometimes, because of its immediacy, television produces a kind of electronic parable. Berlin, for instance, on the day the Wall was opened. Rostropovich was playing… — John Berger
The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government… — Diane Watson
The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering accompanies the bell.… — Gordon Allport
Masters are those who have chosen only love. In every instance. In every moment. In every circumstance. Even as they were being killed, they loved… — Neale Donald Walsch
I did not know I loved you until I heard myself telling so, for one instance I thought, "Good God, what have I said?" and… — Bertrand Russell
Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the… — Celia Thaxter
You may be surprised to learn that, in our law, although the fetus is currently without the right to life, it does have some rights.… — Janet E. Smith
The movements of nature are in a never ending circle. The animal species which has once been put into a train of motion, is still… — Thomas Jefferson
At the same time that she [nature] solicits him [man] to follow her not only into her open walks, but likewise to explore her secret… — Henry Kett
When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as, for instance, that… — Blaise Pascal
Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still… — Eddie Condon
Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case… — Robert Baden-Powell
I don't believe, for instance, that evolutionary biology or any scientific endeavor has much to say about love. I'm sure a lot can be learned… — Greg Graffin
Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does… — G I Gurdjieff
I would like to make something that is real in itself that does not remind anyone of any other things, and that does not have… — Arthur Dove
In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene. — Keenen Ivory Wayans
That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time… — Anna Lindh
This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings — Paddy Chayefsky
The advantages of a uniform statistical nomenclature, however im- perfect, are so obvious, that it is surprising no attention has been paid to its enforcement… — William Farr

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