Instance Quotes

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Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently… — Aron Nimzowitsch
At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no right, under pretext… — Thelonious Monk
In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing… — Alejandro Amenabar
It is more difficult to manipulate with film than, for instance, video. The problem with video is that it gives you a thousand possibilities. — Lars von Trier
I recall having read, at the brothers' instance, Madame Blavatsky's Key to Theosophy. This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Why multiply instances? It is written, the Heavens and the Earth shall fade away like a Vesture; which indeed they are: the Time-vesture of the… — Thomas Carlyle
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and… — Epicurus
Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you… — L. Frank Baum
When I hear what we call â€˜music,â€™ it seems to me that someone is talking.Â And talking about his feelings, or about his ideas of… — John Cage
The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from… — Kurt Vonnegut
Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by secularism. Needless abortion,… — Neal A. Maxwell
There is nothing like instances to grow hair on a bald-headed argument. — Mark Twain
I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench.… — Charles Schumer
Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Bible, which ranges over a period of four thousand years, records but one instance of a death-bed conversion (the thief on the cross) -… — Thomas Guthrie
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you are gravelled for… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the… — Hans Blix
It drives me crazy to see so much of this planet's life so casually endangered. The first steps are so easy (drive smaller cars, for… — Bill McKibben
The science of constructing a commonwealth or renovating it, or reforming it, is...not to be taught a priori...That which in the first instance is prejudicial… — Edmund Burke
Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and glance… — Barbara Holland

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