Shape Quotes

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Bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in. — Bob Dylan
We read to find out what the world is like, to experience lots of lives, not just the one we live. If it is true… — Ramona Koval
Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape. — George Washington
Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. The primitive audience was an audience of shock-heads, gaping around… — E. M. Forster
We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly. — Albert Einstein
It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time,… — Virginia Woolf
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some… — Anthony Storr
Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be ensnared. This, pre-eminently,… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you… — Mike DeWine
The writer's genetic inheritance and her or his experiences shape the writer into a unique individual, and it is this uniqueness that is the writer's… — James Gunn
Word meanings are like stretchy pullovers, whose outline contour is visible, but whose detailed shape varies with use. — Jean Aitchison
There's no magic bullet; there's no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time. I'm letting go of… — Anne Hathaway
I've been every size in the world. Parts of my 20s, I was in great shape, but I didn't appreciate it. If I was a… — Melissa McCarthy
Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a… — Vladimir Kramnik
For spiritual companions I have had the many artists who have relied on nature to help shape their imagination. And their most elaborate equipment was… — Sam Abell
"You know you are seeing such a photograph if you say to yourself, "I could have taken that picture. I've seen such a scene before,… — Sam Abell
. . .art is a discovery of harmony, a vision of disparities reconciled, or shape beneath confusion. — Robert Adams
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems. — Nelson Rockefeller
...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in… — Seneca the Younger
For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise… — Robin Winks

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