- Hard
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never read in bed, only in my study.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why should a novelist not also be a historian? To force unnatural divisions within the English language is to work against its capacious and accommodating nature. To expect a writer to produce only novels, or only histories, is equivalent to demanding from a composer that he or she write only string quartets or piano sonatas.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.
- Electricity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because fossil fuels are not only a finite resource but hazardous to the environment, it is imperative that we diversify the resources used in generating electricity.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
- Rather
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
My desire to contribute to the spaceflight team as we move forward in our exploration of space has only increased over the years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only God knows why I didn't make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the opportunity with the Phillies.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020