D Quotes
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“Don Quijote nos plantea el problema de la realidad en un sentido peculiar: no existe una realidad en sí y por sí, no hay más que versiones.”
Source: El Quijote, un nuevo sentido de la aventura.
“Don Quixote could never manage without his patient servant Sancho Panza.”
Source: Darkness Visible: Inside the World of Philip Pullman
“Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a second, for the first lasted him from night to morning, indicating a sound body and a mind free from care; but his master, being unable to sleep himself awakened him, saying, "I am amazed, Sancho, at the torpor of thy soul; it seems as if thou wert made of marble or brass, insensible of emotion or sentiment!”
Source: Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha
“Don Quixote is not just Don Quixote;
La Mancha is not just geography;
It is our personal territory—
Terra Nostra.”
“Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.”
“Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They're much better than any column of political analysis.”
“Don Quixote took windmills for giants and sheep for armies; d'Artagnan took every smile for an insult and every glance for a provocation. As a result of which he kept his fist clenched from Tarbes to Meung, and all in all brought his hand to the pommel of his sword ten times a day; however the fist never landed on any jaw, and the sword never left its scabbard. Not that the sight of the wretched yellow nag did not spread many smiles across the faces of passersby; but since above the nag clanked a sword of respectable size, and above this sword shone an eye more fierce than proud, the passersby restrained their hilarity, or, if hilarity won out over prudence, they tried at least to laugh on one side only, like antique masques. D'Artagnan thus remained majestic and intact in his susceptibility until that unfortunate town of Meung.”
Source: The Three Musketeers
“Don Quixote was a song for a 1969 Michael Douglas movie called Hail Hero! I wrote the title song for the film and they also used the Don Quixote one I had submitted.”
“Don Quixote — I read that every year, as some do the Bible.”
“Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'”
“Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.”
Source: The Blue Octavo Notebooks
“Don Quixotes! Stand aback from my windmill!”
“Don Rumsfeld is the finest secretary of defense the nation has ever had.”
“Don's sleep with an angel when all that you want is a devil.”
“Don Siegel last advice to me was 'Don't short yourself.' He said the tendency is when an actor's directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you're going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you're satisfied with it.”
“Don Simpson was right about Robert Altman.
Screenwriter, Ring Lardner wrote M*A*S*H (1970) and director Altman praised his script in early interviews.
After the movie was a hit, Altman said that he had tossed out Lardner’s script and written it himself.
The movie’s producer, George Litto, said, “Bob was never one to acknowledge a writer’s contribution. The movie was ninety percent Ring Lardner’s script, but Bob started saying he improvised the movie. I said,* ‘Bob, Ring Lardner gave you the best opportunity you had in your whole life. Ring was blacklisted for years. What you’re doing is very unfair to him and you ought to stop it.’”
Source: The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!
“Don’t a man has serf esteem, it’s only woman who is sign of dignity, don’t man have their own?”
“Don't abandon a life of love and happiness because the path to reaching it isn't going to be quick or easy.”
Source: The Best-Kept Secrets
“Don’t accept failure as an option.”
Source: Defensive Living: The Other Side of Self-Defense
“Don’t accept the available as the preferable. Go extra mile with extra speed.”
Source: Shaping the dream
“don’t accept what absolutely won’t work for you, but be ready to accept the consequences if you insist on burying your head in the sand.”
Source: Please Don't Say You're Sorry: An Empowering Perspective on Marriage, Separation, and Divorce from a Marriage-Loving Divorce Attorney
“Don’t accept what Jesus already defeated. Fight back in faith—until healing holds and divine health becomes your new normal.”
Source: Healed to Heal
“Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”
“Don’t accuse others of eating when juice smears your face-fur.”
Source: The Deepest Green
“Don’t act based on religion; always have a purpose and focus”
“Don’t act interested; be interested. It will change your life for the better.”
“Don't act so easily impressed, because the great & mighty ones of this world have been known to look down on the less fortunate. -Mill Yentei”
“Don't act so easily impressed, because the great & mighty ones of this world have been known to look down on the less fortunate.
-MillYentei”
“Don't act your role, be yourself.”
Source: 31 Days to Live
“Don't add silence to your list of regrets.”
Source: Tease
“Don't afraid of any animal but do afraid of human beings because human beings are the most intelligent beings on this planet and human beings can do the things that animals can't even imagine”
“Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.”
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
“Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it”
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
“Don’t aim big, aim bigger until you become the biggest.”
“Don't aim for a big school, aim for a big mind.
Don't aim for big muscles, aim for a big heart.
Don't aim for a big church, aim for a big soul.
Don't aim for a big house, aim for a big family.
Don't aim for a big title, aim for a big character.
Don't aim for a big car, aim for a big dream.
Don't aim for a big job, aim for a big idea.
Don't aim for a big star, aim for a big experience.
Don't aim for a big position, aim for a big solution.
Don't aim for a big office, aim for a big objective.
Don't aim for a big paycheck, aim for a big career.
Don't aim for big obstacles, aim for big opportunities.
Don't aim for big books, aim for big understanding.
Don't aim for big degrees, aim for big wisdom.
Don't aim for big skills, aim for big talents.
Don't aim for big wants, aim for big needs.
Don't aim for big empires, aim for big charities.
Don't aim for big messiahs, aim for big peace.
Don't aim for big honors, aim for big service.
Don't aim for big leaders, aim for big servants.
Don't aim for big connections, aim for a big God.
Don't aim for a big life, aim for a big experience.”
“Don't aim for vanity. Aim for authenticity.”
“Don’t aim to break the glass ceiling; aim to shatter it.”
“Don’t all writers have a hidden nerve, call it a secret chamber, something irreducibly theirs, which stirs their prose and makes it tick and turn this way or that, that identifies them, like a signature, though it lurks far deeper than their style, or their voice, or other telltale antics?”
“Don't allow ambition to rob you of destiny.”
Source: More Than: Abandon Your Labels, Embrace Your Calling
“Don't allow anyone to hold you back from expressing your feelings. Maybe you just can't stand a chance of losing some friends, but if you must be truly you, you must be you! Nothing else!”
Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
“Don’t allow anyone to pollute your mind with negative thoughts and negative words.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Don't allow anyone without consciousness to convince you that having emotions and empathy is a failure. Don't sell your soul.”
“Don’t allow anything to dent your reading pleasure. Don’t let anyone tell you that what you like isn’t proper, that what brings comfort and ease to your soul isn’t good enough.”
Source: Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
“Don’t allow anything to influence you except your conscience.”
“Don't allow being taught the wrong way for so long make you think it's right.”
“Don't allow chance takes to take chances with your life.”
“Don't allow circumstances to redefine your identity. Let your vision propel you forward.”
“Don't allow distortions of the truth to become your reality. In the face of doubt or unbelief, seek impartial council and understand that TRUTH may ONLY be found in those with purity of heart, having no malice or ill-intent to discredit the person you really ARE!”
Source: Black Butterfly: The Journey - the Victory
“Don't allow gadgets to replace games.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Don`t allow ignorance to further enslave your destiny.”
Source: The Prince and the Pauper