When One Quotes

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One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent. — Stephen Dobyns
When inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as… — Rollo May
For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck. — Joseph Hall
When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. — Fernando de Rojas
And it was most important to do what one knew was right, for otherwise the day might come when one could no longer tell the… — Anne Holm
One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language. — Alma Guillermoprieto
Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person… — Tom G. Palmer
The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can… — Edward T. Hall
One falls in and out of love, but when one loves that is an entirely different matter, for that lasts through life and beyond, and… — Betty Neels
But be careful about the parts you agree to play...You never know when one is going to stick. — Edward Bloor
I have used the words and expressions which my experiences from Minsk to Kharkov to the Don suggested to me. But I should have reserved… — Guy Sajer
Consider, if you will, the morning boner. What a metaphor of hope and renewal! How can anyone give way to despair when oneâ€™s groin greets… — C.D. Payne
I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as… — Pierre Loti
Will robot teachers replace human teachers? No, but they can complement them. Moreover, the could be sufficient in situations where there is no alternativeâ€“â€“to enable… — Donald A. Norman
When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down,… — Andres Segovia
Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found. — Berthold Auerbach
Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when oneâ€™s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping — Dee Hock
When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done. — Charles Schumer

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