Merely Quotes

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What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that… — Andrea Bocelli
I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I would… — Clare Balding
Inviting children as gospel learners to act and not merely be acted upon builds on reading and talking about the Book of Mormon and bearing… — David A. Bednar
In order to displace a prevailing theory or paradigm in science, it is not enough to merely point out what it cannot explain; you have… — Michael Shermer
I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian. — Saint Ignatius
Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims. — bell hooks
Once you learn to look at architecture not merely as an art more or less well or more or less badly done, but as a… — Louis Sullivan
For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or enjoying… — John Ridley
Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause… — Monica Johnson
I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune, ecstasy, that kind… — Jonathan Raymond
To merely observe your culture without contributing to it seems very close to existing as a ghost. — Chuck Palahniuk
Watching a documentary with people hacking their way through some polar wasteland is merely a visual. Actually trying to deal with cold that can literally… — Henry Rollins
Modern warfare is by no means merely a matter of military operations. Economic affairs stand together with them in the first rank of the factors… — Chiang Kai-shek
Children are extremely perceptive and absorb what goes on around them long before they can talk or even comprehend language. They are like finely tuned… — Theodore Isaac Rubin
My political giving has merely followed my relationships. — David Jolly
That human beings seek their own well-being and that of those close to them is not an especially provocative discovery. What is important is that… — Thomas Woods
Look at another person while living; the soul is not visible, only the body which it animates. Therefore, merely because after death the soul is… — Richard Jefferies
The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic. — Sebastian Horsley
By seeing the problem of poverty merely in terms of assistance, we overlook that our enormous economic advantage is deeply tainted by how it accumulated… — Thomas Pogge
I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself. — Patrick O'Brian

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