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Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend… — Teresa of Avila
The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism. — Irving Babbitt
There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would undoubtedly support such… — Gamaliel Bailey
I will barnstorm American living rooms. Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs… — Roseanne Barr
Patriarchy is impotent and qualitatively unable to solve even the most simple problems in the cosmos such as picking up their own socks or placing… — Roseanne Barr
I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it… — Lynda Barry
I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust. — Charles Baudelaire
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. — Brendan Behan
Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy. — Ambrose Bierce
If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man… — William Jennings Bryan
It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one. — Robert Capa
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. — Thomas Carlyle
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. — Andrew Carnegie
I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have… — Jim Carrey
Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist. — Margaret Cho
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself,… — Jean Cocteau
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. — Jean Cocteau
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. — Jean Cocteau
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated… — Maya Angelou

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