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In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully. — Friedrich Schiller
The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act. — Franz Schubert
A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. — Charles Schumer
In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the… — Iain Duncan Smith
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to… — Lewis Thomas
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. — G. M. Trevelyan
The Obama administration is on notice - they will not be allowed to regulate what they have been unable to legislate. — Fred Upton
If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong. — Len Wein
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and… — P.G. Wodehouse
A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped… — James Wolcott
I find myself unable to let go of the sense that human beings are somehow special, and that moment-to-moment human experience contains a certain unquantifiable… — Douglas Rushkoff
I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it. — Henri Matisse
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Owen Meany believed that â€œcoincidenceâ€ was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives… — John Irving
She decides to make a list of the things that make her happy. She writes 'plum-blossom' at the top of a piece of paper. Then… — Neil Gaiman
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they donâ€™t deserve them, or that theyâ€™ll be unable to achieve them.… — Paulo Coelho
The memory of that event has only just come back to me, now doubly painful: regret for a vanished past and, above all, remorse for… — Jean-Dominique Bauby
We might miss the sign or we may be unable to read the expression, but it is almost a contradiction in terms to say that… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
When someone is seeking,â€ said Siddartha, â€œIt happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to… — Hermann Hesse
Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself the soul being… — James Joyce

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