Corners Quotes - Page 40

Ask yourself whether you are happy', observed the philosopher John Stuart Mill, 'and you cease to be so.' At best, it would appear, happiness can only be glimpsed out of the corner of an eye, not stared at directly.

Oliver Burkeman

Eye, Philosopher, Mills

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Activism is not a journey to the corner store. It is a plunge into the unknown. The future is always dark.

Rebecca Solnit

Dark, Journey, Stores

Rebecca Solnit (2010). “Hope In The Dark”, p.89, Canongate Books

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Love is the greatest healing power I know. Love can heal even the deepest and most painful memories because love brings the light of understanding to the darkest corners of our hearts and minds.

Louise Hay

Memories, Healing, Heart

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My role [as a war correspondent] is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless [and] to shine a light in the darkest corners of the world.

Janine di Giovanni

Motivation, War, Inspiration

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We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together.

Mehmet Oz

Government, Together, Way

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O what hardness of heart mayst thou see in every corner whither thou goest, and where thou preachest, most part being as unconcerned as the very stones of the wall; and say what thou wilt, either by setting before them alluring promises or dreadful threatenings, yet people are hardened against both, none relenting for what they have done, or concerned about it.

Thomas Boston

Wall, Heart, People

Thomas Boston (1791). “The Distinguishing Characters of True Believers: In Relation To, I. God in Christ, ... XI. Their Entering Into Rest in Christ. ... To which is Prefixed, a Soliloquy on the Art of Man-fishing. Now First Published from the Manuscripts of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr Thomas Boston, ...”, p.44

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Sasuke is always in the corner of my mind. Naruto and Sasuke progress as a pair. So when I write about Naruto, I always have to think about Sasuke. They are on opposite sides of the spectrum, like yin and yang.

Masashi Kishimoto

Writing, Thinking, Opposites

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The Witch can gaze clearly into the dark hidden corners of the human psyche just as the full moon can light up the darkness of night.

Raven Grimassi

Dark, Moon, Night

Raven Grimassi (2003). “Spirit of the Witch: Religion & Spirituality in Contemporary Witchcraft”, p.8, Llewellyn Worldwide

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Where does a man go when there are no more corners to turn, when he's running out of hope, out of luck, out of time?

Doug Stanton

Running, Men, Luck

Doug Stanton (2003). “In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors”, p.177, Macmillan

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When I started, DJs weren't in the media, electronic music wasn't in the sales charts and a DJ was the freak in the corner who provided the music while other people had fun. So to do it, you must have been a freak and a music lover.

Paul van Dyk

Fun, Media, People

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There's homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world but at the core you just love someone and want to make mixed tapes for them.

Sara Quin

World, Want, Pockets

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Whether youre a quarterback and you just threw a pick, or youre a corner and you just got beat for a touchdown, youve got to have a short-term memory, shake it off and play the next play.

Steve Mariucci

Memories, Play, Next

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I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

Confucius

Squares, Giving, Three

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You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

Amy Poehler

Inspirational, Fear, Hands

Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

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If I had my way, I would declare a moratorium on public preaching of 'the plan of salvation' in America for one to two years. Then I would call on everyone who has use of the airways and the pulpits to preach the holiness of God, therighteousness of God and the law of God, until sinners would cry out, 'What must we do to be saved?' Then I would take them off in a corner and whisper the gospel to them. Such drastic action is needed because we have gospel-hardened a generation of sinners by telling them how to be saved before they have any understanding why they need to be saved.

Paris Reidhead

God, Christian, America

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The future isn't something hidden in a corner.The future is something we build in the present.

Paulo Freire

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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.

Thomas a Kempis

Book, Littles, Found

G K Chesterton, John Bunyan, Brother Lawrence, Andrew Murray, R A Torrey (2013). “Hendrickson Christian Classics Audio Library”, p.18, Hendrickson Publishers

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The Bible holds up before us ideals that are within sight of the weakest and the lowliest, and yet so high that the best and the noblest are kept with their faces turned ever upward. It carries the call of the Saviour to the remotest corners of the earth; on its pages are written the assurances of the present and our hopes for the future

William Jennings Bryan

Sight, Earth, Pages

William Jennings Bryan (1922). “In His Image: By William Jennings Bryan”

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With the presidential debates right around the corner, John Kerry is going to play Mitt Romney to help the President prepare for the debates. That's kind of a stretch; a rich white guy from Massachusetts playing a rich white guy from Massachusetts.

Jay Leno

Play, White, Guy

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President Obama said in an interview over the weekend that he really misses being anonymous. He said, 'I miss Saturday mornings rolling out of bed and not shaving, going to the market...' Be careful what you wish for, 2012 is just around the corner!

Jay Leno

Morning, Weekend, Missing

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When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey.

Jeanette Winterson

Kids, Journey, Self

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A true storyteller is really good at writing himself into a corner and then finding a way out of that corner

Michael Chabon

Writing, Way, True Story

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My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.

Lynn Abbey

Book, Writing, Support

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Doing something purely for one's own enjoyment is fine, but, I must admit, finding that others enjoy it as well has a certain power over the corners of my mouth.

Jhonen Vasquez

Mouths, Fine, Certain

"Johnny the Homicidal Maniac". Comic series by Jhonen Vasquez, August 1995 – January 1997.

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I don't think there's a specific route to take to make a relationship last a long time. And who knows what the future will bring. Please God we are happy forever, but you just don't know what's round the corner. For me the key issue is not to be selfish, on both sides. I think the moment someone becomes selfish they let the other person down.

Louise Redknapp

Selfish, Thinking, Keys

"Why Louise Redknapp is taking her time losing baby bulge". www.mirror.co.uk. August 10, 2005.

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