"One must die to life in order to…" — Thomas Mann
"One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator."
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105 Quotes by Thomas Mann
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A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.
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Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.
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For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act…
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War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
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A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
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People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.
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Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the…
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Everything is politics.
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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
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Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.
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But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the bright children of life, the…
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A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense…
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More Creator Quotes
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Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between…
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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours,…
— P T Barnum
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume…
— William Bartram
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
— Saint Basil
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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round…
— Scott Adams
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I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I…
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies.…
— Brandon Boyd
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The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
— Anthony Burgess
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the…
— Edmund Burke
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Great businessmen are creators.
— Eric Cantona
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I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so…
— Eric Cantor
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The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of…
— Benjamin Carson
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