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160 Motions quotes by 136 unique authors
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The thing that most people didn't understand, if they weren't in his line if work, was that a rape victim and a victim of a…
— Jodi Picoult
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Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? Must to thy motions lovers'seasons run? Saucy pedantic…
— John Donne
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The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it, observing…
— Thomas Adams
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The dancer, or dancers, must transform the stage for the audience as well as for themselves into an autonomous, complete, virtual realm, and all motions…
— Susanne Katherina Langer
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You can buy a man's time; you can buy his physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of his…
— Clarence Francis
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Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is the best thing.…
— Christian Bale
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In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a…
— Saint Ambrose
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The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.
— Richard Jefferies
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Indian classical dance is sustained by a profound philosophy. Form seeks to merge with the formless, motions seek to become a part of the motionless,…
— Nita Ambani
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Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Our robots are signing up for online learning. After decades of attempts to program robots to perform complex tasks like flying helicopters or surgical suturing,…
— Ken Goldberg
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This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without…
— Frederick Law Olmsted
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Now, the external work of man is of the most varied kind as regards the force or ease, the form and rapidity, of the motions…
— Hermann von Helmholtz
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All great results in our universe are founded in motions and forces the most minute.
— John Joly
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FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't make it better. And the tour…
— Matt Cameron
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Nobody knows how different I am The outside of me is not afraid Not full of pain, or even ashamed I smile and all of…
— Unkown
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Some people will put obstacles in their path so they can't move forward. Make a mountain out of a molehill so they can move higher.…
— Eugene Nathaniel Butler
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Be weary of the Bible thumpers and habitual scripture quoters, because going through the motions and parroting His words, doesn't mean they know His words.
— Eugene Nathaniel Butler
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Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all…
— John Byng
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You own a watch the invention of the mind, though for a single motion 'tis designed, as well as that which is with greater thought…
— Richard Blackmore
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What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They…
— Al Kaline
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I don't want people to remember me going through the motions.
— Bobby Rahal
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[He] intuitively choreographed his motions with a body language that projected the image of an eager, bouncy terrier. His walk was jaunty and his manner…
— Unknown Author
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