Adolph Saphir Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Writers are not meant for action.
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The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it’s meant also to be sung.
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When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.
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Writings scatter to the winds blank checks in an insane charge. And were they not such flying leaves, there would be no purloined letters.
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If censorship reigns, there cannot be sincere flattery, and none but little men are afraid of little writings.
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I am one thing, my writings are another.
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If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.
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Unity has never meant uniformity.
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I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.
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Where more is meant than meets the ear.
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None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.
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The way I see it," she continued, "is that some things are just meant to be the way they are.
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In every man's writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded.
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And if something should be found, particularly in the first part of the dissertation, that one is generally not accustomed to come across in scholarly writings, the reader must forgive my jocundity, just as I, in order to lighten the burden, sometimes sing at my work.
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In one of my earlier books, Misquoting Jesus, I discuss the fact that we do not have the original copy of Luke, or Mark, or Paul’s writings, or any of the early Christian texts that make up the New Testament.
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I was born a girl in a world of Branwells, but I shall be more than I am meant.
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Couldst thou in vision see, thyself the man God meant, thou never then could be, the man thou art content.
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In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music for her on his violin, writing her poems, beguiling her with stories, engaging her in conversation. It was clear that he obsessed over her. He knew what he wanted and never relented until she was his.
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I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son.
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Women are jealous of cigars... they regard them as a strong rival.
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We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
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We covered so much ground on Thursday night that it took us half and hour. I’m not trying to look for excuses but that’s the reality.
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What is meant by calling the writings of Moses and the Prophets.
