Rudyard Kipling Quotes

A tale from which pieces have been raked out is like a fire that has been poked. One does not know the operation has been performed, but everyone feels the effect.

Rudyard Kipling

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• Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Power
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• If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

  

  Anderson Cooper
  • Feels
  • Ifs
  • Outsiders

• And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the Chevalier de Villegagnon had absolutely no use for common sense himself, but respected it in the laity.

  

  Dorothy Dunnett
  • Great
  • Fighting
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• People talk about this Julia Roberts almost like it's a cup of Pepsi. People think Julia Roberts is something they created. The fact is, 26 years ago, there was this scrunched-up little pink baby named Julia Roberts. I am a girl, like anybody else.

  

  Julia Roberts
  • People
  • Up
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• Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • Break
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  • Taxes

• The Vedas are as indefinable as God and Hinduism.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • God
  • Hinduism
  • Vedas

• It will be my earnest aim that The New York Times give the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it as early if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other reliable medium; to give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interest involved; to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance, and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.

  

  Adolph Ochs
  • Opinion
  • News
  • Impartially

• My beloved son Thomas did caution, when first I set out to flow this tale upon the world, that although they may not be felt like a fist or a whip, words have a power that can nevertheless cower even the largest man to gibbering tears.

  

  Andrea Levy
  • Power
  • Tears
  • Tale

• For instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully.

  

  Vincent Van Gogh
  • Trying
  • Color
  • Use

• The man who has a girl in every port is not a sailor but a wholesaler.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Man
  • Girl
  • Sailor

• A tale from which pieces have been raked out is like a fire that has been poked. One does not know the operation has been performed, but everyone feels the effect.

  

  Rudyard Kipling
  • Operation
  • Tale
  • Performed