- War
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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
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.
- Nov 07, 2020
The only failure is not to try.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing that's lasting.
- Dearth
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events.
- Fitness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.
- Social
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- Nov 07, 2020