Precious Quotes

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Translations are a partial and precious documentation of the changes the text suffers. — Jorge Luis Borges
Translation is a disturbing craft because there is precious little certainty about what we are doing, which makes it so difficult in this age of… — Gregory Rabassa
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society. — Epictetus
It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As you pass from sunlight into darkness and back again every hour and a half, you become startlingly aware how artificial are thousands of boundaries… — Rusty Schweickart
Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious. — Ross Perot
Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! — James Monroe
Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through… — Og Mandino
When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside;… — John Updike
Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine… — Nelson Mandela
A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and hatred… — Eknath Easwaran
For precious friends hid in death's dateless night. — William Shakespeare
Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it… — Thomas Jefferson
Take away the Holocaust and what do you have left? Without their precious Holocaust, what are the Jews? Just a grubby little bunch of international… — Harold Covington
In this condition of the most devastating humiliation, I still possessed the most precious of liberties, that no-one could take away from me: that of… — Ingrid Betancourt
Oh precious heart, you think you're lost, look down look down and find your feet. The next step is the path you're on — Veda Hille
I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without… — Cindy Sherman
I'm aware of the power of looks. I've wanted to play roles that have gone to much better-looking people and you just think 'Oh well,… — Benedict Cumberbatch
If you feel like you're at 50 percent with someone and that's as far as you'll get, you're wasting precious time. You should always be… — Jenna Ushkowitz
My family always says my voice is a gift—a precious jewel I inherited from my maternal grandma, Julia Kate Hudson. My sister and I used… — Jennifer Hudson
Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable. For sketch writers, remember they're called sketches for a reason. They're… — Tina Fey
I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to… — Ben Kingsley
Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing… — Jennifer Connelly
I'm more relaxed about life now that I'm older. I like it-despite the wrinkles. It's what I feel inside that's precious. — Melanie Griffith
Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliche, but the biggest lesson I have learned is… — Lisa Ling

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