A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil.
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Related We have a very disabled person in our family who is cared for by someone who lives a life most other... TOM HOLLANDER He is a cold-blooded, remorseless individual who could have contributed to society, but decided to t... JOE OWMBY He is an American who has spent his professional life battling against government control over one o... KURT SIMON I sit here and think, with more than a little astonishment, that I have been writing and publishing ... ISAAC ASIMOV Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through. ANTHONY BURGESS What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most importa... FIONA MCINTOSH In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will... S. I. HAYAKAWA There is this 'Go East' mentality in California. Even people who have lived there most of their live... WILLIAM FREY The most ignorant of all people is a person who is self assured in his or her premature decisions. AULIQ ICE On the other hand, old people who have lived most of their lives are set in their habits and therefo... WANG XUN There is just a huge, long list of people who have lived with this problem here. BEV BRAVERMAN There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm sure she's a saint in h... ARTHUR RIMBAUD I am a Christian because I have seen the love of God lived out in the lives of people who know Him. ... RICH MULLINS What is a great spiritual practitioner? A person who lives always in the presence of his or her own ... SOGYAL RINPOCHE The people who discover and understand what is being rained down are not the people who pray the mos... SUNDAY ADELAJA A kid thinks her mother is just that -- hers . A mother is also a woman, an independent being,... J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are peo... ELLEN BURSTYN A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. JOSEPH CAMPBELL A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself JOSEPH CAMPBELL That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for ... ELIZABETH GILBERT The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it w... ALASTAIR CAMPBELL This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without ... DANTE ALIGHIERI The only time the private parts of someone's life are relevant is when they're affecting pub... RUDY GIULIANI I have an uncle who lived to 101, and my father died at 95, so I have a second career ahead of me. ALAN GERRY It's is better to of lived and died, than have never lived and tried. JOHN L. FITZELL Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO You shouldn’t have to convince anyone of who you are – but I have a feeling you’ve spent most ... NICOLE DEESE The Hell's Angels are very definitely a lower-class phenomenon, but their backgrounds are not necess... HUNTER S. THOMPSON It's all over now. He ruled our lives for too long. He lived by the sword and died in his sleep. JELENA OSTOJIC The socialist who is a Christian is more to be dreaded than a socialist who is an atheist FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have ... JEFFREY KLUGER A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live unde... SAM HOUSTON A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live unde... SAM ERVIN Our massage is for someone who doesn't want to get undressed or doesn't have the time or money to ge... EVE JOHNSON It is quite possible for people who have never met us and who have spent only twenty minutes thinkin... MALCOLM GLADWELL I've always lived a life where people have said, 'Look at him. Who does he think he is?'... ED VICTOR Residents who have lived on this street -- about 1.5 miles in the area -- have all died. CARRIE DAVIS In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or... S. I. HAYAKAWA I've talked to people who have lived here all their lives. They've never seen oysters like this befo... ANTHONY GODINICH Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
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TERRY RILEY Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally goo... TERRY PRATCHETT Imagination, industry, and intelligence -- the three I s -- are all indispensable to the actress, bu... ELLEN TERRY There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented w... TERRY PRATCHETT Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time aro... TERRY MCCORMICK Sometimes the gods have no taste at all. They allow sunrises and sunsets in ridiculous pink and blue... TERRY PRATCHETT People are capable of doing an awful lot when they have no choice and I had no choice. Courage is wh... TERRY ANDERSON The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but ... TERRY WAITE When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge. TERRY BRADSHAW In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and ... TERRY ORLICK What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence. TERRY BRADSHAW A mistake is a Buddhist gift.
Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams. TERRY GILLIAM I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Dea... TERRY PRATCHETT Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. ELLEN TERRY Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. TERRY PRATCHETT It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy. TERRY PRATCHETT The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - b... TERRY SOUTHERN ’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn... TERRY PRATCHETT Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces TERRY PRATCHETT It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what th... TERRY PRATCHETT One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than... TERRY PRATCHETT It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it. TERRY PRATCHETT Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. TERRY PRATCHETT This book had two authors, and they were both the same person. TERRY PRATCHETT If you don't know when to be a human being, you don't know when to be a witch. TERRY PRATCHETT Knowing things is magical, if other people don't know them. TERRY PRATCHETT Even if it's not your fault, it's your responsibility. TERRY PRATCHETT