Brian Morton Quotes
We congratulate ourselves on having abandoned our vices, when it is they who have abandoned us.
Brian Morton
Quotes to Explore
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I see stereotypes as fundamental and inescapable and not as something that is... The kind of common view is "Oh, we shouldn't think in stereotypes," and I think the reality is we can't help but think in stereotypes.
W. J. T. Mitchell
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I'm able to impact kids' lives, I'm able to give back and I will impact so many kids' lives because I feel like that moment taught me that no matter where you are in life, no matter what you may want in life you keep going.
La'el Collins
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"The weird world rolls on..." meaning that through all the ups and downs, all the travails that we go through, all the horrors, all the wars, all the deaths, all the cruelties, there's still something that keeps us wanting to wake up the next morning and go on with our lives - to make children, to fall in love, to continue humanity.
Paul Auster
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The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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A victory at Kursk would shine like a beacon to the world!
Adolf Hitler
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His friends he loved. His direst earthly foe - Cats-I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.
William Watson
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Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.
Oscar Wilde
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There is no truth which personal vice will not distort.
J. G. Holland
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Ah, Miss Harriet, it would do us no harm to remember oftener than we do, that vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
Charles Dickens
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Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
Seneca the Younger
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Nelson Mandela was a man of incomparable honor, unconquerable strength, and unyielding resolve---a saint to many, a hero to all who treasure liberty, freedom and the dignity of humankind.
Morgan Freeman
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We congratulate ourselves on having abandoned our vices, when it is they who have abandoned us.
Brian Morton