Ernest Dimnet Quotes
The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.
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I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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It's nerve wracking being in the stadium with so many people supporting.
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Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.
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For example, I noticed that every single kid in the high school in 'The Death-Ray' is based on somebody I went to high school with.
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Let's ask ourselves: Does America really need 70 percent of the world's lawyers? Is it healthy for our economy to have 18 million new lawsuits coursing through the system annually? Is it right that people with disputes come up against staggering expense and delay?
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I learned a lot just watching people perform.
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I've become very aware of body issues and body confidence.
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You can get fake fur, which, if that's what you want - if you want that fur look - it looks just the same. It's really unnecessary to skin an animal when you can get something that looks just the same without hurting anything.
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We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.
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Even more than results, it matters that the players give everything for their shirt, and if they do that whether they're relegated or not, the fans are ready to applaud.
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The show is different every night, because I never write a setlist.
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I think I'd have to say my favorite IWC. They have been around for so long and the craftsmanship is top notch. A watch maker that has been in business over 100 years has to know what they are doing.
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In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got to be right over second base.
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There is no law that says a campaign cannot accept information from a foreign government.
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Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.
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Eternity. It is the sea mingled with the sun.
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We mute the realization of malevolence - which is too threatening to bear - by turning offenders into victims themselves and by describing their behavior as the result of forces beyond their control.
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No one should be denied the opportunity to choose his or her spouse. It is a basic human right and deeply personal decision.
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There's something so arrogant about us creating robots that are more and more human-looking or acting. It's like we're playing God. Let's create something that's a reflection of us, but it's inferior.
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The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.
