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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
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot to be grateful to L.A. for, but I overstayed my welcome by 28 years. I was only meant to be there for six months.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.
- Nov 07, 2020
The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of long-run economic growth without asset price bubbles is not only achievable, but is something we should expect if we put a sound regulatory framework in place and if policymakers remain vigilant.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of musicians and artists are really one that really only have one trick.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women are wanting to wear my clothes not only because they're great clothes but because of what we represent.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's embarrassing to be in the only westernized economy that doesn't have paid family leave and flex scheduling, and that disproportionately helps women.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only recently, during the nineteenth century, and then only in Europe, do we meet forms of the state which have been created by a deliberate national feeling.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two parts. One of these grows rapidly, creating the human body of the individual with all its organs, and dies only with the individual.
- Obsession
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
A country, a style or an epoch are interesting only for the idea behind them.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020