Richard Whately Quotes
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.
Quotes to Explore
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I went to Mission Bay High School. Me and my brother, we both went there.
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It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you.
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Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.
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A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!
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Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, 'What if?' All the different ways that question can be answered make for extremely entertaining reading.
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All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great discoveries.
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Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them.
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I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur before I started this. I just like to build things.
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What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.
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Miracles are to come. With you I leave a remembrance of miracles: they are by somebody who can love and who shall be continually reborn, a human being.
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I set for myself only small goals, goals that are not that far away.
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I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children…
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Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake.
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This white woman came up to me, and I'm thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I'm like, "Who am I? Where's my heritage?
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Why should I resent it when an ass kicks me?
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It is therefore worthwhile, to search out the bounds between opinion and knowledge; and examine by what measures, in things, whereof we have no certain knowledge, we ought to regulate our assent, and moderate our persuasions.
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For a neutral look, avoid anything sparkly or shimmery.
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Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to come out easily in the beginning. If you're afraid to say what you really have to say, you stammer. When you're thinking of your listener, that's when you start stuttering and it's just because you're nervous that your listener is passing judgment.
