Isaac D'Israeli Quotes
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
Quotes to Explore
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Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal - especially in an endeavor that is as relationship-driven as business.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.
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Custom reconciles us to everything.
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The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
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I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
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Very, very few entrepreneurs who accept a 51 percent partner in a new venture will get rich if they are also expected to run it. Control is mandatory.
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My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would always say, 'I could do that,' kind of joking, but obviously kind of serious.
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Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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You are never really prepared for criticism.
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This is the power of the Goliath, that no one on earth, Clanker or Darwinist, can escape. So we all must learn to share the globe, or perish together!
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When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul.
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The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
