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«People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament.»
«In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.»
Author: Augusto Roa Bastos
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Humanity,
Nations
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«No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point»
Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
| Keywords:
finite, point of reference, reference, references, reference point, with reference to
«In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder': As you have seen on the screen; the best way to do it is with a scissor.»
«Sanity - that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought»
Author: Erich Fromm
(Philosopher, Psychoanalyst)
| About:
Sanity
| Keywords:
conventional, frame, frame of reference, reference, references, sanity, with reference to
«Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a judgment which seemingly has no reference to conduct as such - the judgment of death»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Nature
| Keywords:
as such, reference, references, reference to, seemingly, with reference to
«If . . . I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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briskly, chaise, futurity, post chaise, Pretty Woman, reference
«Serve others for they are reflections of the same Entity of which you are yourself another reflection. No one of you has any authenticity, except in reference to the Original. Feel always kinship with all creation.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
authenticity, entity, kinship, reference, reference to
«It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.»
Author: Virginia Woolf
(Writer)
| Keywords:
bubbles, creep, creep in, give in, impending, keep quiet, mentioning, pleasantly, quiets, reference, resigned, steadily
«If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Devil
| Keywords:
commons, favorable, Hitler, House of, House of Commons, invaded, invades, invading, In the House, reference, references, reference to, the House of Commons, with reference to
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