Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce
Quotes to Explore
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The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.
Hans-Georg Gadamer
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So much of western self-perception and intellectual worldview has been shaped by the moral rhetoric of the Cold War, the discourse in which communism featured as a clear enemy, determined to rule the world.
Pankaj Mishra
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When you're in New York, there's women galore. At the end of the day, when I'm by myself or even, at times, when there was a woman next to me, I was feeling alone. It was not the same as it is with my wife. The experience is not the same; the time is not the same.
J. R. Smith
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I think the rest of the world has a very wide, very slow kick. It's very simple, breaststroke. People think it's highly technical. But the more narrow, more effective and quicker you can execute it, the faster you are going to go. There's less drag, basically.
Adam Peaty
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I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.
Jack Lemmon
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Encouraged, we recognise the importance of living artistically, aesthetically and creatively as creative creatures of the creator.
Edith Schaeffer
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A baby was sleeping,Its mother was weeping,For her husband was far on the wild-raging sea.
Samuel Lover
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Zuvörderst nämlich wird eine Regierung nicht Leute besolden, um Dem, was sie durch tausend von ihr angestellte Priester, oder Religionslehrer, von allen Kanzeln verkünden läßt, direkt, oder auch nur indirekt, zu widersprechen. … Daher der Grundsatz improbant secus docentes.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway.
Frank Lane
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'Tom Sawyer' could have been written eight months ago, with the kind of response it still gets.
Alex Lifeson
Rush
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My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is important to permit those emotions and let that energy drive you and inspire you to move forward.
Clemantine Wamariya
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It's such a psychological and mental game, golf, that the smallest wrong thing at the wrong time can distract you from what you're trying to achieve.
Lee Westwood
