Andrew Cecil Bradley Quotes
A total reverse of fortune, coming unawares upon a man who 'stood in high degree,' happy and apparently secure,-such was the tragic fact to the mediaeval mind. It appealed strongly to common human sympathy and pity; it startled also another feeling, that of fear. It frightened men and awed them. It made them feel that man is blind and helpless, the plaything of an inscrutable power, called by the name of Fortune or some other name,-a power which appears to smile on him for a little, and then on a sudden strikes him down in his pride.Andrew Cecil Bradley
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
Dan Deacon -
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
Nancy Gibbs -
I bumped into my cousin after she'd shaved her hair very short, and she looked incredible. She seemed so effortless and cool, and I wanted that. And, I've had it like that ever since.
Laura Mvula -
If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
Saint Ignatius -
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Samuel Johnson -
I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
Vince Vaughn
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I don't have time to be that girl who does the super workout. But I try to be as fit as possible, given my schedule. Even if I do 20 minutes a day, it's better than nothing.
L'Wren Scott -
Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
Harold E. Varmus -
I know 'Vikings' isn't really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot of voodoo.
Madchen Amick -
Athletics is in my blood.
Haile Gebrselassie -
Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.
J. K. Simmons -
I never saw Portsmouth by day.
Quentin Crisp
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Much of good science - and perhaps all of great science - has its roots in fantasy.
E. O. Wilson -
Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.
Colin Powell -
Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely in all respects.
Aristotle -
The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.
Avery Brundage -
I've seen the impact of deportation in my district. It is heartbreaking to see families torn apart for no good reason.
Jan Schakowsky -
Comedy is good at analysing and dealing with evil because it doesn't present it as evil but a collection of banalities.
David Farr
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The biggest catastrophes that we've witnessed rarely come from information that is secret or hidden. It comes from information that is freely available and out there, but that we are willfully blind to.
Margaret Heffernan -
So much of the news was invented for propaganda.
Elsa Morante -
If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.
C. J. Cherryh -
I was a goody two shoes - a straight-A girl, and I took pride in my studies.
Yvonne Strahovski -
A total reverse of fortune, coming unawares upon a man who 'stood in high degree,' happy and apparently secure,-such was the tragic fact to the mediaeval mind. It appealed strongly to common human sympathy and pity; it startled also another feeling, that of fear. It frightened men and awed them. It made them feel that man is blind and helpless, the plaything of an inscrutable power, called by the name of Fortune or some other name,-a power which appears to smile on him for a little, and then on a sudden strikes him down in his pride.
Andrew Cecil Bradley