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• Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours, so that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be.

  Epicurus

  Future, May, Remember

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood.

  John Mason Brown

  Blood, Land, Civil War

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• The greater part of the people we assign to educate our sons we know for certain are not educated. Yet we do not doubt that they can give what they have not received, a thing which cannot be otherwise acquired.

  Giacomo Leopardi

  Teaching, Son, People

  Giacomo Leopardi (1987). “Leopardi: Poems and Prose”, Praeger Pub Text

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• I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

  Sally Field

  Issues, People, Roles

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• A certain excessiveness seems a necessary element in all greatness.

  Harvey Cushing

  Life, Greatness, Elements

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• The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he can fall by looking at the guy across the street. The view from the $250,000 apartment covers a lot of ground, most of it condemned.

  Herb Caen

  Fall, Humility, Men

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• We do not intend to part from the Americans and we do not intend to be satellites. I am sure they do not want us to be so. The stronger we are, the better partners we shall be; and I feel certain that as the months pass we shall draw continually closer together with mutual confidence and respect.

  Harold MacMillan

  Together, Stronger, Want

  First broadcast to the nation as prime minister, London, January 17, 1957.

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• It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.

  Roger Ebert

  Genius, Succeed, Vulgar

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• One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Business, Spring, Responsibility

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.311, Penguin

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• Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.

  Gary Cole

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• I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

  Jim Harrison

  New York, Cities, Paris

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• There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.

  Mark Strand

  Writing, Would Be, Want

  Interview with Katharine Coles, weberstudies.weber.edu. 1992.

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• Certain things should be yours to have when you work your way to the top.

  Redd Foxx

  Way, Should

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• When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

  Arthur Bloch

  Adversity, Needs, Tools

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.57, Penguin

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• Each of us when he appears before his fellows is clothed in a certain dignity. But every man knows what unconfessable things pass within the secrecy of his own heart.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Heart, Men, Guilt

  Luigi Pirandello (2016). “Six Characters In Search of an Author”, p.19, Jester House Publishing

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• Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Lying, Identity, Fixed

  Luigi Pirandello (2016). “Henry IV”, p.34, Luigi Pirandello

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• It is with books as with women, where a certain plainness of manner and of dress is more engaging than that glare of paint and airs and apparel which may dazzle the eye, but reaches not the affections.

  David Hume

  Book, Eye, Air

  David Hume (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)”, p.697, Delphi Classics

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• Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.

  Jay McInerney

  Stars, Successful, Movie Star

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• What is art? A violet. Is that all? An artistic style is a living entity, a continuous process of invention. It can never be imposed from without; born of the profoundest tendencies within a society, its direction is to a certain extent unpredictable, in much the same way as the eventual configuration of a tree's branches.

  Octavio Paz

  Art, Tree, Style

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• I really think there is a certain destiny in my life to lead people.

  Steve Garvey

  Destiny, Thinking, People

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• For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.

  Kate Bush

  Children, School, Responsibility

  Interview with Brendan Martin, www.brendan.co.uk. April 7, 1978.

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• It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.

  Jack Nicholson

  Want, Dinner, Very Good

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are only those certain people where things click - at least for me.

  Glenn Frey

  People, Clicks

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• If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think.

  Paul Theroux

  Home, Thinking, People

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• It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.

  Alan Bennett

  Taken, Civilization, Safety

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