- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only Quotes
On narrowed choices and the one option that remains.
The word 'only' frames very different ideas here: a single film genre praised for its originality, a physicist's account of shifting foundations, and a stated view on Cold War-era power struggles across Europe. For more, see our Life quotes.
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- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it. Just think of the possible consequences if you don't get it done.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.
- Columbus
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shane Johnson and I coincidently went to Whitman College. This is notable because Whitman is teeny-tiny, with only 1,200 students. He graduated the spring before I started, so we didn't know each other.
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 'Toy Story 3' to be recognized by the Academy as not only one of the best animated films of the year, but also as one of the 10 best pictures of the year, is both humbling and overwhelming.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I made my first trip to Israel as a member of Congress, not only did I meet with the Israeli president and prime minister, but I also traveled to Ramallah to meet with the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. That's what being a member of Congress is about.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020