Minna Antrim Quotes
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And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.
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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
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To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
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I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.
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He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.
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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.
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The District of Columbia is an extreme example of disconnect between financial input and educational outcome. Unfortunately, extreme is not the same as abnormal.
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I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist.
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But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.
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As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.
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There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.
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A Seer's moon, a Siren's tears, Nineteen Mortal, Wayward fears, Incubus graves and Caster rivers, The Final Page the End delivers.
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I wanted to find a place to hide from all of it, where the nightmares and the rivers and reality couldn't find me. For me, that place was always inside a book.
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Ambition will take you And ride you too far and Conservatism bring you to boredom once more Sit down by the river And watch the stream flow Recall all the dreams That you once used to know The things you've forgotten That took you away To pastures not greener but meaner.
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The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.
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He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.
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Between the difficulties, one hides the opportunity.
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From the psychological jousting between sisters in the early family arena emerge the first tentative boundaries of their personalities.
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I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it.
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The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.
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Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
