Separating Quotes

136 quotes by 125 authors

My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy,… — Naveen Jain
I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me. — Jeanne Moreau
It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others. — Helen Rowland
Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process… — Twyla Tharp
People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs… — Fred Upton
I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in… — J C Watts
Bastian had climbed a dune of purplish-red sand and all around him he saw nothing but hill after hill of every imaginable color. Each hill… — Michael Ende
I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment… — Tony Robbins
It's not like it ruined my life, I was going to say, but then I didn't. Because it occurred to me that maybe it had… — Dan Chaon
Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, not between classes, nor between political parties, but… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I was reduced to pure concept. My flesh had dissolved; my form had dissipated. I floated in space. Liberated of my corporeal being, but without… — Haruki Murakami
When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy! — Jack Kerouac
I saw the days of the year stretching ahead like a series of bright, white boxes, and separating one box from another was sleep, like… — Sylvia Plath
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness… — Jonathan Safran Foer
The spectacular landscape circling the fortress supplies an essential backdrop, inspiring dreamers to wander its ruins for the sake of it; North American tourists, bound… — Che Guevara
It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - when they still imagine that… — John Irving
I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a… — Annie Dillard
When composing a verse let there not be a hair's breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done… — Matsuo Basho
The acts of the mind, wherein it exerts its power over simple ideas, are chiefly these three: 1. Combining several simple ideas into one compound… — John Locke
this is why we call people exes, I guess - because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. it's… — David Levithan

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