- Like
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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
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in 2010, it didn't matter when it was only Cuban democrats, Zimbabwean dissidents, Afghan reformists and Russian bloggers whose lives and liberty were put at risk by Wikileaks' wilfully negligent data dumps.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't make them laughable; it's something tender about them. As though in struggling to reach what's most personal about them they could only come up with what's most public.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only self-confidence and satisfaction comes from the people that I do meet; I have fondness for people. I mean, I like to hug. And I also like to be hugged.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an only child, I may have been alone a lot, but I was never lonely. My invisible friends were my constant companions.
- Argued
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- Nov 07, 2020
I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting ability, which was the only attribute I could offer.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The future is called 'perhaps', which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of my friends I am the only one left.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
He 's ruthless only because of his ideals. Unfortunately he doesn't succeed. The thing fails and gets out of hand and takes charge of him. Idealism is the only excuse he could have and it's a great excuse.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020