Thomas Carlyle Quotes
If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
Quotes to Explore
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else.
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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
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I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitching and acting funny.
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I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.
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I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.
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I try not to eat anything which is too fat, and I can't eat anything which is too sweet.
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In as much as any invisible, unbelievable, unknowable fictional character is, yes.
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Conscience doth make cowards of us all.
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Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking; in having the temerity to proclaim what one believes to be true without fear of the consequences. If one were to await the possession of the absolute truth, one must be either a fool or a mute. If the creative impulse were muted, the world would then be stayed on its march.
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I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film sometimes.
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If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
