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• I'm really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it's right to do it. It could still be done in such a way that it's not aggressive or overly didactic. I'm trying to find that form.

  Shirin Neshat

  Artist, Justice, Important

  "The exotic and the everyday" by Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2002.

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• The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.

  Epictetus

  Essence, Evil, Disposition

  Epictetus (1807). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, Preserved by Arrian ; The Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.133

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• I know that some girls look up to me for certain things, like dyslexia, and that way I know that they like me for me, so it adds no pressure.

  Bella Thorne

  Girl, Add, Looks

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

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• I never object to a certain degree of disputatiousness in a young man from the age of seventeen to that of four or five and twenty, provided I find him always arguing on one side of the question.

  Samuel

  Men, Always Arguing, Age

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• There's a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of Elysium where criticism no longer wounds and work materializes without their effort.

  Mark Matousek

  Artist, Achievement, Effort

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• You can still achieve certain things through effort, struggle, determination, and sheer hard work or cunning. But there is no joy in such endeavor, and it invariably ends in some form of suffering.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Determination, Struggle, Hard Work

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.158, Penguin

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• It is annoying. The work we do is not getting the credit it deserves because we are not winning silverware. It is unfair because I think we have more merit as a club than those who have built their teams with millions of pounds whereas Arsenal have brought in young footballers, who have come here to play a certain kind of football and who have developed.

  Samir Nasri

  Football, Team, Winning

  "Without our injuries Arsenal would be top of league, says Samir Nasri", April 20, 2010.

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• There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is experienced but once or twice in a lifetime.

  E. M. Delafield

  Strong, Soul, Birth

  E. M. Delafield (2015). “The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated): The Provincial Lady Series, Zella Sees Herself, The War-Workers, Consequences, Gay Life, The Heel of Achilles, Humbug, Messalina of the Suburbs (Including Short Stories and Plays)”, p.1660, e-artnow

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• In the resurrection there is already wrapped up a judging-process, at least for believers: the raising act in their case, together with the attending change, plainly involves a pronouncement of vindication. The resurrection does more than prepare its object for undergoing the judgment; it sets in motion and to a certain extent anticipates the issue of the judgment for the Christian. And it were not incorrect to offset this by saying that the judgement places the seal on what the believer has received in the resurrection.

  Geerhardus Vos

  Christian, Issues, Judging

  "Pauline Eschatology".

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• With all the justifications I have had in place, telling the truth under certain circumstances was in my universe no different than telling a lie or withholding.

  Mike Rinder

  Lying, Different, Telling The Truth

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• I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn't a healthy way to live.

  Katherine Heigl

  Writing, Numbers, Healthy

  "The Girl of Summer '07". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. May 31, 2007.

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• There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.

  Jackie Stewart

  Technology, Fire, Impact

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• I think I just have an idea in my head about how big an adventure game should be, so it's hard for me to design one that's much smaller than Grim Fandango or Full Throttle. There's just a certain amount of scope needed to create a complex puzzle space and to develop a real story. At least with my brain, there is.

  Tim Schafer

  Real, Adventure, Thinking

  "Press Start: Double Fine kickstarter lacks cash, Japan to get Xbox One in 2014, and more" by Keith Stuart, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2013.

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• There are certain times when I feel more inspired, filled with a strong power that forces me to listen to my inner voice, and when I feel more need than ever for a Pleyel piano.

  Frederic Chopin

  Strong, Voice, Piano

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• The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.

  Richard Pryor

  Black, Church, Together

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• He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

  Jules Verne

  Believe, Sea, Good Woman

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.12, Jules Verne

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• It may be true that people who are merely mathematicians have certain specific shortcomings; however that is not the fault of mathematics, but is true of every exclusive occupation. Likewise a mere linguist, a mere jurist, a mere soldier, a mere merchant, and so forth. One could add such idle chatter that when a certain exclusive occupation is often connected with certain specific shortcomings, it is on the other hand always free of certain other shortcomings.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Science, Hands, People

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• We academic scientists move within a certain sphere, we can go on being useless up to a point, in the confidence that sooner or later some use will be found for our studies. The mathematician, of course, prides himself on being totally useless, but usually turns out to be the most useful of the lot. He finds the solution but he is not interested in what the problem is: sooner or later, someone will find the problem to which his solution is the answer.

  John Desmond Bernal

  Moving, Science, Pride

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• Act as if success is certain.

  Price Pritchett

  Success, Ifs

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• Hell changes constantly but there are certain consistent landmarks which always stay in the same relation to one another.

  Grant Morrison

  Change, Hell, Landmarks

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• My decision on this matter is as certain and final as death and the staggering New Deal taxes.

  Thomas E. Dewey

  Government, Decision, Finals

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• We've got great flexibility and a certain discipline in terms of not doing some foolish thing just to be active - discipline in avoiding just doing any damn thing just because you can't stand inactivity.

  Charlie Munger

  What Matters, Discipline, Foolish

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• You can clear the land, plow the field, spread the fertilizer, and plant the corn. But you cannot make it rain. You cannot prevent an early frost. You cannot determine exactly what will happen in your life. The rain may or may not fall, but one thing is certain: you will get a harvest only if you planted something in the field. It's important to do everything in our power to ensure our success, but we also need to let the universe take its course.

  Melody Beattie

  Rain, Fall, Land

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

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• There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.

  Mark Goddard

  Character, Ties, Giving

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• There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there just somehow by chance. Some people take the view that the universe is simply there and it runs along-it's a bit as though it just sort of computes, and we happen by accident to find ourselves in this thing. I don't think that's a very fruitful or helpful way of looking at the universe, I think that there is something much deeper about it, about its existence, which we have very little inkling of at the moment.

  Roger Penrose

  Running, Thinking, Views

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