Sentimentality Quotes

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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. — William S. Burroughs
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. — Jean Cocteau
You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I… — Maya Angelou
The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go outdoors much, or the environment… — P.J. O'Rourke
Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the… — Eugene V. Debs
To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality. — Irwin Edman
We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value? — Jack Kornfield
Love, like truth and beauty, is concrete. Love is not fundamentally a sweet feeling; not, at heart, a matter of sentiment, attachment, or being "drawn… — Carter Heyward
For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were… — Adrian Carton de Wiart
Nostalgia is inevitably a yearning for a past that never existed and when I'm writing, there are no bees to sting me out of my… — John Green
Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality toward oneself. Ego,… — Kenny Smith
The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive… — Alice Walker
I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for you know it is deadly. — Teju Cole
Even the favorite reviews, the audience response is the movie is too slow, deliberately slow. But for the Chinese audience, the biggest complaint is it… — Ang Lee
The most practical teaching of the Gita, and one for which it is of abiding interest and value to the men of the world with… — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that… — Alice Hamilton
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just; a God who is all love, but not… — J C Ryle
I'm not against sentimentality. I think you need it. I mean, I don't think you get a true picture of people without it in writing...… — Nelson Algren
Sentimentality is a form of fatigue. — Leonora Carrington
The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons. — Michael Lewis

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