Their Real Quotes
94 quotes by 88 authors
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The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
— Edward Abbey
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Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and…
— Johannes Brahms
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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
— Edmund Burke
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The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected; and if those are not…
— Samuel Johnson
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It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just…
— James Madison
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My school is the world, and my teacher is the people. It is very important not to stay cloistered in the office if you want…
— Alberta Ferretti
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A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face.
— Shusaku Endo
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When people get into therapy, or when they need healing, their real hope is that they'll come to the secret frontier in themselves, some unknown…
— John O'Donohue
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As in private life one differentiates between what a man thinks and says of himself and what he really is and does, so in historical…
— Karl Marx
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Real men are real friends, showing their real commitment.
— KRS-One
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Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence.
— Louis Althusser
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We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members…
— Paulo Coelho
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Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot make them drop…
— Philippe Halsman
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Where constraint breaks people, and mediation makes fools of them, the seduction of power is what makes them love their oppression. Because of it, people…
— Raoul Vaneigem
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Do not fear adversity. Remember, a kite rises against the wind rather than with it. People are not willing to take risks when they feel…
— Jan Carlzon
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But the more we search the Scriptures, the more we perceive, in this doctrine, the fundamental truth of the gospel - that truth which gives…
— John Nelson Darby
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We who defend Christianity find ourselves constantly opposed not by the irreligion of our headers but by their real religion.
— C.S. Lewis
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The people who ignite our imaginations in the next century will become the idea barons. Gray matter will be their real estate, and their net…
— Joey Reiman
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It's not always easy to do what's not popular, but that's where you make your money. Buy stocks that look bad to less careful investors…
— John Neff
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It’s amazing what lies people can sustain behind the mask of their real faces.
— Philip Roth
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