Quintilian Quotes
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.
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I like the fact that when you're put into a really extreme situation, you put everything else aside. You put your ego aside and get on with it, and I quite like that.
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When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise.
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For my part, I favour an approach to statecraft that embraces principles, as long as it is not stifled by them; and I prefer such principles to be accompanied by steel along with good intentions.
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I'm convinced that probably everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. It's just one more reason to always try to be kind.
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Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.
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If I tell you a story, you can choose to believe me, or you can question it.
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The struggle to have a living wage doesn't come easy. You're ready to work, you want it, you seek it... but it's not like it's just given to you.
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We worked out a lot of bugs and figured out who was working and who wasn't and how this beast functions. It was a lot bigger than we actually thought, and now we have a well-run ship where it feels I can actually have time to imagine and not just stress out about everything.
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Making media companies that you hope to sell is not a lot of fun for anyone who cares deeply about making media.
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Style is often something which locks the painter into the same vision, the same technique, the same formula during years and years, sometimes during one's whole lifetime.
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I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done.
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Maybe it's because it's connected to my childhood, or it's connected to the origins of what drove me creatively, but I feel like my life never makes more sense than when I'm in that process.
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When I started having a couple of beers and loosening up, I realized how many years I had wasted going back to my hotel room alone when I could have gone and just had a beer or two.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.
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I do assure you that I am not one of those young ladies (if such young ladies there are) who are so daring as to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. I am perfectly serious in my refusal. You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who could make you so.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
