Paul Scott Quotes
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'My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.'
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Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
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It is not for minds like ours to give or to receive flatter; yet the praises of sincerity have ever been permitted to the voice of friendship.
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Those spacious regions where our fancies roam, Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come, In some dread moment, by the fates assign'd, Shall pass away, nor leave a rack behind; And Time's revolving wheels shall lose at last The speed that spins the future and the past: And, sovereign of an undisputed throne, Awful eternity shall reign alone.
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The Democrats, because they believe in socialism, redistribution, forced the banks and financial institutions to make the risky loans.
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She wondered how soon after the first baby was born of the rape of a black woman by a white man did some slaver decide that light-skinned slaves were smarter and better by virtue of white blood? And how long after that had some black people decided to take advantage of that myth?
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Anyone with any sense knew that one of the best parts of the day was the hour just as the sun was rising.
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At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value.
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What was one more skeleton in an already crowded closet?
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Toothaches afflict those who have no compassion for animals.
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It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
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As I do not live in an age when rustling black skirts billow about me, and I do not carry an ebony stick to strike the floor in sharp rebuke, as this is denied me, I rap out a sentence in my note book and feel better. If a grandmother wants to put her foot down, the only safe place to do it these days is in a note book.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.
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“Force is the weapon of the weak.”
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We want to make every single interaction in the world into a ready-to-use brick.
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Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design and build a great cathedral? If such achievements represent anything more than the requirements of physical law, it means that science must investigate the additional controlling factors, whatever they may be, in order that the world of nature may be adequately understood.
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One always saw and sees through pretense.
