Rarely Quotes
1495 Rarely quotes by 1159 unique authors
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Someday it will dawn on man that woman does not read the wonderful books with which he has filled his libraries, and though she may…
— Esther Vilar
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My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully…
— Kevin DeYoung
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A state attacked by another which renews an old claim rarely yields it without a war: it prefers to defend its territory, as is always…
— Antoine-Henri Jomini
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
— C S Forester
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In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind and wrote 25 songs. I rarely bathed during that period of writing;…
— Jerry Cantrell
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Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.
— David Allen
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Have you ever had one of those moments when you know that you're being visited by your own future? They come so rarely and with…
— David Rakoff
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In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And…
— Shulamith Firestone
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At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties - although given the stifling impact of these, this may well have made it…
— Adrian Goldsworthy
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We rarely know where we are going; writing is a discovery.
— Robert McKee
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Men and women who are lonely create. Those who are gregarious rarely do... Any poet would rather bed with a girl than write a poem…
— Burton Rascoe
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In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes…
— Ellie Krieger
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It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill…
— Joshua Waitzkin
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Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed,…
— Patricia Barber
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Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.
— Carol Tavris
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Men who like women rarely fall in love.
— Robin Skelton
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Homosexuals are rarely monogamous and have as many as 300 to 1,000 sexual partners over the course of a lifetime. … [T]he risk of sexual…
— Bryan Fischer
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There's no set designer like your own self; you furnish the mise-en-scène, the wardrobe, the physical proportions of the actor, and the setting. Then radio…
— Norman Corwin
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The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do…
— Denise Morrison
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The limitations of archaeology are galling. It collects phenomena, but hardly ever can isolate them so as to interpret scientifically; it can frame any number…
— David George Hogarth
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Destiny and fate are of one’s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.
— Chris Murray
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Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need…
— Gavyn Davies
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Everything Brecht wrote—plays, dialogues, and poetry—was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his times, but also…
— Richard Foreman
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The passions seldom give good advice but to the interested and mercenary. Resentment generally suggests bad measures. Second thoughts and good nature will rarely, very…
— Horace Walpole
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As an improviser you need to experience the moment- and that includes everything in the moment. Observe the people around you-the bandleader, the bartender-what they…
— Pat Martino
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