Itself Quotes

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Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself… — Ralph Cudworth
Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against the… — John Cusack
Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime. — Rachel Cusk
A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in common… — Rachel Cusk
Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good… — Rachel Cusk
I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that… — Roald Dahl
I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time… — Mitch Daniels
Inspiration is God making contact with itself. — Ram Dass
I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to… — Robertson Davies
Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers… — Angela Davis
My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself. — Eric Davis
Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself. — Jeffery Deaver
In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has… — Guy Debord
If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary. — Robert Delaunay
If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism. — Alan Dershowitz
I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate. — Alan Dershowitz
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. — John Dewey
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while… — Diogenes
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. — John Dryden
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself. — Charles Dickens

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