Subtle Quotes
748 quotes by 569 authors
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The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover that they are the same GOD. There is always one…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Where the good begins.- Where the poor power of the eye can no longer see the evil impulse as such because it has become too…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Art is an extension of language - an expression of sensations too subtle for words.
— Robert Henri
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Not so many years ago there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel -movement through space -provided…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade.
— John Dryden
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There prevails still a subtle form of legalism which would rob the Saviour of his crown of glory, earned by the cross, and would make…
— Geerhardus Vos
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You take a sound, any sound, record it and then change it's nature by a multiplicity of operations. You record it at different speeds; you…
— Daphne Oram
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The idea that there will be something spiritual or subtle, some sort of consciousness that can escape the collapse of the body and brain, is…
— Stephen Batchelor
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I'm good at using my face as a canvas… I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face.…
— Cindy Sherman
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It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of…
— Corey Feldman
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The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and…
— Doris Day
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Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself.
— Paul Muni
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I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience…
— Steve Coogan
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How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger…
— Carl Sagan
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Mads Mikkelsen’s acting is very subtle, precise, nuanced, so he brings something completely different to the character. If you compare Mads’ Hannibal to Anthony Hopkins’…
— Caroline Dhavernas
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I learned that you don't have to be all over the place, that you can be subtle and you can say what you say. The…
— Mike Epps
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In Hitchcocks eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a…
— Bruce Dern
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The principle of self-reliance grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that of agency. Just as each individual is accountable for his choices…
— Marion G. Romney
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Perfume opens endless horizons. It appeals both to the senses and to the imagination. Like an enchantment, it works on an instinctive level and at…
— Nino Cerruti
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