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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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- Enlisted
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- Nov 07, 2020
The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
A candidate's faith is not the only consideration, but should be a major consideration in electing the president of the United States.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are only two people in 'Eat' - myself and my favorite cat, Pachiki - and for 40 minutes, I eat one mushroom.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Palms are like cockroaches. They were here long before us, and they'll be here long after us. They're the only things standing after a hurricane.
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
They only have to be right one time, the terrorists do, and we have to be wrong one time.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody is going to come into Alabama to buy lottery tickets. The only people that are going to buy them here are those that live here, and that's just a certain percentage of people.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to uphold not only the constitution of Alabama, but I swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and we will uphold the law of the United States.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I teach a lecture course on American poetry to as many as 150 students. For a lot of them, it's their only elective, so this is their one shot. They'll take the Russian Novel or American Poetry, so I want to give them the high points, the inescapable poets.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made.
- Flowers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
- Only Child
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- Nov 07, 2020