A Quotes
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“at last you, will say (maybe without speaking) (there are mountains inside your skull garden and chaos, ocean and hurricane; certain corners of rooms, portraits of great-grandmothers, curtains of a particular shade; your deserts; your private dinosaurs; the first woman) all i need to know: tell me everything just as it was from the beginning.”
Source: Selected Poems: 1965-1975
“At last, after almost fifty years in the hopper, the most famous unpublished novel in America is in print. Who Shot the Water Buffalo? is a splendid story of comradeship in a time and place of constant peril, but it's Babbs's irrepressible exuberance and vast, affectionate good humor that make the story go. I love this novel.”
“At last, after innumerable glamorous and frightful years, mankind approaches a war which is totally predictable from beginning to end.”
“At last, however, he began to think -- as you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it too . . .”
Source: A Christmas Carol
“At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.”
Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“At last, in the dead of the night, when the street was very still indeed, Little Dorrit laid the heavy head upon her bosom, and soothed her to sleep. And thus she sat at the gate, as it were alone; looking up at the stars, and seeing the clouds pass over them in their wild flight-which was the dance at Little Dorrit's party.”
Source: LITTLE DORRIT
“At last, in the gray dawn of Civilization the fire in the Soul dies down. The dwindling powers rise to one more, half-successful, effort of creation, and produce the Classicism that is common to all dying Cultures. The soul thinks once again, and in Romanticism looks back piteously to its childhood; then finally, weary, reluctant, cold, it loses its desire to be, and, as in Imperial Rome, wishes itself out of the overlong daylight and back in the darkness of protomysticism in the womb of the mother in the grave.”
Source: The decline of the West
“At last, Lady Evenstar, fairest in this world, and most beloved, my world is fading. Lo! we have gathered, and we have spent, and now the time of payment draws near." 'Arwen knew well what he intended, and long had foreseen it; nonetheless she was overborne by her grief. "Would you then, lord, before your time leave your people that live by your word?" she said.”
“At last, Mythic feeling and conscious perception no longer confront each other as antagonists but as allies. Passionate nationalism is no longer directed toward tribal, dynastic or theological loyalties, but toward that primal substance, the racially based nationhood itself. Here is the message which will one day melt away all dross, eliminate all that is base, and bring into being all that is noble.”
“At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life.”
“At last, she makes her choice. She turns around, drops her head, and walks toward a horizon she cannot see. After that, she does not look back anymore. She knows that if she does, she will weaken.”
Source: And the Mountains Echoed
“At last, small witches, goblins, hags, And pirates armed with paper bags Their costumes hinged on safety pins, Go haunt a night of pumpkin grins.”
“At last, the answer why. The lesson that had been so hard to find, so difficult to learn, came quick and clear and simple. The reason for problems is to overcome them. Why, that’s the very nature of man, I thought, to press past limits, to prove his freedom. It isn’t the challenge that faces us, that determines who we are and what we are becoming, but the way we meet the challenge, whether we toss a match at the wreck or work our way through it, step by step, to freedom.”
Source: Nothing by chance: a gypsy pilot's adventures in modern America
“At last, the golden orientall gate Of greatest heaven gan to open fayre, And Phoebus, fresh as brydegrome to his mate, Came dauncing forth, shaking his dewie hayre; And hurls his glistring beams through gloomy ayre.”
“At last, the wheel comes full circle”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“At last." He breathed into her, finding her lips. "You found me," she whispered. "Always.”
Source: The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection
“At Lead Star, we believe that leadership can help you create a better workplace, a better life, and a better you.”
“At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink,
But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.”
Source: The Money-king: And Other Poems
“At LearnVest, we're working to make financial planning both accessible and affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to get on track financially.”
“At least 15 percent of human females possess a genetic mutation that gives them an extra (fourth) type of color photoreceptor - and this allows them to discriminate between colors that look identical to the majority of us with a mere three types of color photoreceptors.”
Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.”
“At least 25% of the money Americans spend on health care is wasted.”
“At least 250 different systems of psychotherapy have been noted to exist, with possibly up to more than four hundred. Most psychotherapists do not adhere strictly to one single school of thought; instead they take an eclectic approach, in which they select from the variety of techniques those that are likely to be the most appropriate and effective for a particular client.”
Source: Psychology from the Islamic Perspective
“At least 260 species of animal have been noted exhibiting homosexual behavior but only one species of animal ever, so far as we know, has exhibited homophobic behavior - and that's the human being.”
“At least 3% of the signers of the Constitution must have been gay, since that's the low estimate for any population sample. It was probably higher, given that they were a pretty talented bunch and wore wigs.”
“At least 3,527 U.S. monthly records for heat, rain, and snow were broken in 2012. We can't let this continue unchecked, and we don't have to.”
“At least 35 years ago, you didn't have the internet telling you every single thing that happened in every school and college around the world.”
“At least 50 times. I've jumped off a building, jumped off a cliff in a car. I've been in bedrooms when women came in with knives and guns.”
“At least 50% of all children in the United States are allergic to cow's milk, many undiagnosed. Dairy products are the leading cause of food allergy, often revealed by diarrhea, constipation, and fatigue. Many cases of asthma and sinus infections are reported to be relieved and even eliminated by cutting out dairy.”
“At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play.”
“At least 90 percent of my work is in situ. For me, it's not only to work with the architecture and space, it's also to work with the time, to work with the people who are involved with the place. It's also dealing with history. It takes all this into account. Other works can be placed in different environments, but they always follow a rule. This is usually not the case for work in situ, because even if they are transported, they remain there forever or they are destroyed.”
“At least 95 percent of the ailments that children are prey to will heal themselves and do not require medical attention.”
Source: How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor: One of America's Leading Pediatricians Puts Parents Back in Control of Their Children's Health
“At least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal.”
“At least a hospital stay will give him an excuse to halt the job hunt.”
“At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition--so that women will only feel healthy if we are two thirds of the women we could be. How can an "ideal" be about women if it is defined as how much of a female sexual characteristic does not show on her body, and how much of a female life does not show on her face?”
Source: The Beauty Myth
“At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition”
Source: The Beauty Myth
“At least all Gods except one are man-made.”
“At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.”
Source: And Only to Deceive
“At least as of today, the sun has never failed to rise.
No matter how dark it gets at times, remember
that light will never falter.
The sun will rise tomorrow, you can bank on it.”
Source: The Trouble with Trauma
“At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.”
Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“At least at parties everybody knows somebody, there’s a semblance of vetting and community, friendship.”
Source: In Limbo
“At least Bank of America got its name right. The ultimate Too Big to Fail bank really is America, a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless fraud and criminal conspiracies we'll all be paying for until the end of time.”
“At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.”
Source: Getting to Happy
“At least being nuts is being somewhere.”
Source: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel
“At least being prosperous set one apart in England; here it guaranteed nothing, not even taste.”
Source: Timescape
“At least believe this many humans, who are interested obviously in this topic. Many of them visited me after lectures and meetings, in hope that I can give concrete answers to their questions. For it was clear: If that does not know it, who is to then know it?”
“At least Donald Trump is not politically correct; he's not so concerned about rehearsing and focus grouping every statement he makes and that's one of the reasons I supported him.”
“At least each course was better than the last. The ingredients were fresh, everything was made from scratch, and she had also planned the perfect wine pairing. He had never had mole with fish, as it was usually served with chicken. And for the first time in his life, he actually enjoyed eating cactus, a feat that even some of the best chefs in the world who had cooked for him hadn't managed to accomplish.”
Source: Ramón and Julieta
“At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.”
“At least embarrasement is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners.”