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1003 Sentence quotes by 732 unique authors
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That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain…
— Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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Knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives... Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder…
— J I Packer
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Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous…
— J I Packer
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The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.
— Byron White
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That of all the several ways of beginning a book which are now in practice throughout the known world, I am confident my own way…
— Laurence Sterne
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If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be…
— Stephen Covey
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People will summarize your life in one sentence - Pick it now.
— John C. Maxwell
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The next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life…
— Rick Warren
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The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.
— Rob Bell
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Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper…
— Thomas Bernhard
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A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm of knowledge, while…
— Ron Chernow
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Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-and-Chips sign' have been…
— Martin Gardner
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And I'll tell ya, I'm really enjoying this marriage thing. You think about each other. You care about each other. It's wonderful! Plus, I love…
— Jerry Seinfeld
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I drank that sentence and began to glow.
— Gary Soto
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You may pronounce the sentence upon me, honourable judge, but let the world know that in A.D. 1886, in the State of Illinois, eight men…
— August Spies
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One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able to refer to me without using…
— Nick Hornby
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As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.
— Michael Cunningham
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Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the…
— Derek Landy
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Whenever I write anything that sets up controversy its meaning is distorted almost instantly. Even the editorial writers of newspapers seem to be unable to…
— H. L. Mencken
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The moment you know that this is the person with whom you want to spend the rest of your life, you should start the engagement…
— Unknown Author
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People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.'…
— James Belushi
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A sentence is like a tune. A memorable sentence gives its emotion a melodic shape. You want to hear it again, say it—in a way,…
— Robert Pinsky
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The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity— not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to the…
— Richard Preston
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Capitalism stands its trial before judges who have the sentence of death in their pockets. They are going to pass it, whatever the defense they…
— Joseph A. Schumpeter
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I should start with an apology to Rudy Giuliani. I said every sentence Rudy utters has a noun, a verb, and 9/11 in it. I…
— Joe Biden
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