Ernest Dimnet Quotes
Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody else, and the contrast with ourselves is stinging.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the mistakes are being committed.
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All I have to do to continue to make things work is make great records, and that's more important than having a crazy master plan.
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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.
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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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You can keep the dining room clean by eating in the kitchen.
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Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
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If you could breathe a breath so strong you could blow out the wolf. Like you blow out the copo. Like you blow out the fire from the candela. The wolf is made the way the world is made. You cannot touch the world. You cannot hold it in your hand for it is made of breath only.
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Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
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In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky.
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Police officers, firefighters, EMTs - they are all out there every single day - literally just a phone call away for anyone who needs them.
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Novelas are very respected in the Latin world.
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I didn't play after the Grateful Dead stopped playing. I didn't touch anything for three or four months, and I just got pretty crazy.
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Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.
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I love a lot of Irish folk music and Irish folk songs.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and recognizing the same in their political opponents.
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You can never be fully human unless you've discovered the humanity in other human beings. Don't close your eyes to the injustices of your own country by trying to solve the injustices of another country. That's an evasion of Christian responsibility.
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I was like you once, long time ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. But I was lucky. I found out the truth early, boy. And what is the truth, Stark? It's all very simple. There's no such thing as the dignity of man. Man is a base, pathetic and vulgar animal.
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Throughout his eight years in office, Barack Obama endured a campaign of illegitimacy waged either by pluralities or majorities of the Republican party. Donald Trump rooted his candidacy in that campaign. It's fairly obvious.
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Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody else, and the contrast with ourselves is stinging.
