Irvin S. Cobb Quotes
You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.
Irvin S. Cobb
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To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.
Leonhard Euler
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So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how well it will sell, etc. But, from a personal point of view, it was a very worthwhile endeavor.
Geddy Lee Weinrib
Rush
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The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.
Polly Toynbee
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The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.
James Wolcott
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Our cultural discussion of fat bodies and how we clothe them has nothing to do with health concerns, the obesity epidemic, or the comfort of fat people. It has everything to do with what we expect from women, what we've been told by the fashion industry, and the value we place on 'perfect' bodies.
Jennifer Armintrout
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
Jean de La Fontaine
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Caratacus suffered the double indignity of being taken to Rome in chains and having an opera written about him by Elgar.
Ben Aaronovitch
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I am an atheist. I don't think there's anything divine. Beautiful, impressive, awe-inspiring - sure, but not divine.
Nomy Arpaly
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Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America.
Oriana Fallaci
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Man Ray takes a lot of pressure off me. It's like having a third person in a conversation; one of you doesn't have to talk all the time.
William Wegman
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Morgan sighed. "I," she announced, "am so pathetic." "You are not," I said. "I am." She went over and straightened the cling wrap, corner to corner. "Do you know how many times I've brought in devilled eggs? This is, like, the only time I haven't been sobbing and that's only 'cause I cried all night. And Norman," she said, her voice rising to a wail, "sweet Norman, always just acts so surprised to see the eggs, and pleased, and he never, once, has ever acted like he knew what they meant."
Sarah Dessen
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You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.
Irvin S. Cobb