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On the Bigotry of Culture: : it presented us with culture, with thought as something justified in itself, that is, which requires no justification but… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Happiness is often presented as being very dull but, he thought, lying awake, that is because dull people are sometimes very happy and intelligent people… — Ernest Hemingway
Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and how to dress, a true… — J R Ward
You cannot imagine what sorrow and anger seize one's whole soul when a great idea, which one has long and piously revered, is picked up… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always… — Isaac Asimov
Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant — Paulo Coelho
When less than everything has been said about a subject, you can still think on further. The alternative is for the audience to be presented… — Andrei Tarkovsky
I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who… — Ruth Hurmence Green
I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian… — John Berryman
Now imagine a life in which every day a person is presented with not two or even three but dozens of choices, and you can… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I was consumed by the mystery Edward presented. And more than a little obsessed by Edward himself. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I wasn't as eager to… — Stephenie Meyer
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly… — Terry Pratchett
They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute - so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for… — Brandon Sanderson
Like every big organisation these days, the BBC is obsessed with the wellbeing of those who set foot on its premises. Studios must display warning… — Jeremy Clarkson
You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Individual web pages as they first appeared in the early 1990s had the flavour of person-hood. MySpace preserved some of that flavour, though a process… — Jaron Lanier
They had parted as boys, and now life presented one of them with a fugitive and the other with a dying man. Both wondered whether… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
It adds up, but I deem it all necessary, even the camera gear. I enjoy photographing the otherworldly colors and shapes presented in the convoluted… — Aron Ralston
Am I a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. "Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. What love have I for Miss Ingram? None: and… — Charlotte Bronte
Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should. — Lord Chesterfield

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