Geoffrey Gorer Quotes
The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with other wolves.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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You can't always count on the devices, attitudes, and conceits that stood you in good stead in 1972 or 1973, or 1978-79, to still have the same impact all these years later.
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And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
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There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.
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If I'd been bright, I'd have realized that I was horribly uncomfortable, amazingly frustrated, and like any sensible person, I'd have quit. But it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be successful eventually.
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Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.
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A photograph can express silence.
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Live, for I love you!
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The surest sign that a man has a genuine taste of his own is that he is uncertain of it.
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I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such abstruse problems. The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic.
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Represent your figures in such action as may be fitted to express what purpose is in the mind of each; otherwise your art will not be admirable.
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I think I was the only kid on the block who knew about furniture scale by the time I was 8.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very fine dear, but I own I cannot enter into that: I think much more of our being like a cow or a dog at such moments: when our poor nature becomes so very animal and unecstatic
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with other wolves.
