- Humility
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.
- Allowances
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Constitution grants only Congress - not the president - the power 'to borrow money on the credit of the United States.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.
- Governance
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much of writing is done alone in a room in sweatpants, with only the Internet for company.
- Nov 07, 2020
It only takes two seconds of your life to say, 'I don't agree with white supremacy. I don't agree with homophobia.'
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paradoxically, the only thing that helps when I'm feeling despairing about writing is to write.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only crime is breathing and existing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020