I Quotes
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“In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong, the servility of the weak, low rapacity, ephemeral pleasure purchased by great effort, death preceded by long suffering, all belong to the animals as they do to men.”
“In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit.”
“In spite of what Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men may be created equal, but not to all women.”
“In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.”
“In spite of where we were, how we had gotten here and why we had come, I felt that at this moment of our lives, this place was exactly where we belonged. We were not drifting but rising, rising toward something right and of significance.”
“In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.”
“In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this is that the conception of art has been based on the conception of beauty.”
“In sport, there are champions
and there are heroes.
Champions win because they are good at what they do
and take particular advantage of their victories.
Heroes win when least expected, overcome their own limits,
and when they receive their laurels
they share their victories with an entire nation.”
Source: Vida. Já Perdoei Erros Quase Imperdoáveis
“In sport, there are champions and there are heroes.
Champions win because they are good at what they do
and take particular advantage of their victories.
Heroes win when least expected,
surpass their own limits and,
when they receive their laurels,
share their victories with an entire nation.”
“In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.”
“In sport you always think the strongest guy should be going for it and getting the best results. The thing is, cycling also has a very important team aspect, which I don't think that a lot of people fully grasp.”
“In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.”
“In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.”
“In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing athletes who make the fastest progress and those who ultimately become their best make extensive use of mental imagery. They use it daily as a means of directing what will happen in training, and as a way of pre-experiencing their best competition performances.”
“In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way, and sometimes they don't.”
“In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations. They are the ones who focus their energy on turning tough decisions into winning decisions.”
“In sports and journeys men are knowne.
[In sports and journeys men are known.]”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“In sports as in child rearing, marital arguments, or tantrums, the same laws of learning apply; when an emotion is encouraged and the rules permit it, it is perpetuated, not 'drained.' ... An emotion without social rules of containment and expression is like an egg without a shell: a gooey mess.”
“In sports, it is easier to win a championship than to remain a champion in subsequent seasons. And the same is true in life. Once you reach the top, it is more difficult to stay on top. Because, when you become the best in sports, and in life, everyone expects more from you and they want to take you down.”
“In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself.”
“In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.”
“In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.”
“In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.”
“In sports, teams win and individuals don't.”
“In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.”
“In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.”
“In spreading his ideas, Plato was willing to employ emotional appeals, state propaganda, and the use of force.”
“In spring, 1937, of course, families still rode the rails because of the Depression, which everyone said was already in the history books as the worst ever. The jobs still couldn’t be found, at least for most people. Everett itself—the smaller, poorer, little brother lying north of Seattle—ached with the unemployed and the hopeless. The labor union tensions in the woods still festered and got bloody at times. But Skybillings—and the railroad logging shows of the Cascade Mountains—felt like they were, inch-by-inch, rebuilding America.”
Source: The Woods
“In spring 1989...I saw the buildup of demonstrations from Chengdu to Tiananmen Square. It struck me that fear had been forgotten to such an extent that few of the millions of demonstrators perceived danger. Most seemed to be taken by surprise when the army opened fire.”
“In spring a young mans fancy turns to a fancy young man.”
Source: The Band Plays: The Boys in the Band [and Its Sequel] The Men from the Boys
“In spring, hundred of flowers;
In autumn, a harvest moon
In summer, a refreshing breeze;
In winter, snow will you accompany you.
If useless things do not hang in your mind,
Any season is good season for you.”
Source: The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans
“In spring, it is the dawn.
As the light gradually brightens the mountain edge,
slightly glowing -
with slender trails of clouds
tinted faintly purple.”
Source: The pillow book
“In spring more mortal singers than belong
To any one place cover us with song.
Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng.”
Source: The poetry of Robert Frost
“In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.”
“In spring the quince trees
ripen in the girls' holy orchard
with river waters;
and grapes turn violet
under the shade of luxuriant leafage
and newborn shoots.
But for me, Eros
knows no winter sleep, and as north winds
burn down from Thrace
with searing lighting,
Kypris mutilates my heart with black
and baleful love.”
“In spring, when his allergy to pollen became unbearable, he would cover his face with a gas mask (the British government had distributed them throughout the population at the start of the war), sowing panic among those who saw him pass and imagined an attack was imminent.”
Source: When We Cease to Understand the World
“In spring when maple buds are red,
We turn the clock an hour ahead;
Which means, each April that arrives,
We lose an hour out of our lives.
Who cares? When autumn birds in flocks
Fly southward, back we turn the clocks,
And so regain a lovely thing
That missing hour we lost in spring.”
“In Spring! In the creation of art it must be as it is in Spring!”
“In spring, nature is like a thrifty housewife ... taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones.”
Source: Miscellaneous Writings: 1883-1896
“In springtime, the only pretty ring time Birds sing, hey ding A-ding, a-ding Sweet lovers love the spring—”
“in Spriritual prayer warfare-God want us to fight 'cos He called us soldiers of the cross”
Source: Strategic Spiritual Warfare
“In Sri Lanka a well-told lie is worth a thousand facts.”
Source: Running in the Family
“In Sri Lanka, nothing succeeds like death-it is the ultimate validation. The man you hate in life becomes instantly your idol in death. Any neglected artist can take heart; reviled whilst alive, he only has to wait patiently for death to become the national hero he has always yearned to be.”
Source: The Unmarriageable Man: A Novel
“In Sri Lanka, the people you lived amongst, the people you went to school with, the people in whose houses you ate, whose jokes you shared: these were not the people you married. Quite possibly they were not your religion. More to the point they were probably not your caste. This word with its fearsome connotations was never, hardly ever used. But it was ever present: it muddied the waters of Sri Lanka's politics, it perfumed the air of her bed-chambers; it lurked, like a particularly noxious relative, behind the poruwa of every wedding ceremony. It was the c-word. People used its synonym, its acronym, its antonym-indeed any other nym that came to mind - in the vain hope its meaning would somehow go away. It didn't. But if the people you chose to associate with were the very ones you could not marry, then the ones you did marry were quite often people you wouldn't dream of associating with if you had any choice in the matter.”
Source: The Good Little Ceylonese Girl
“In Sri Lanka, when two strangers meet, they ask a series of questions that reveal family, ancestral village, and blood ties until they arrive at a common friend or relative. Then they say, "Those are our people, so you are our people." It's a small place. Everyone knows everyone.
"But in America, there are no such namings; it is possible to slip and slide here. It is possible to get lost in the nameless multitudes. There are no ropes binding one, holding one to the earth. Unbound by place or name, one is aware that it is possible to drift out into the atmosphere and beyond that, into the solitary darkness where there is no oxygen.”
Source: What Lies Between Us
“In St. Patrick Town, we find the stubborn, sprightly residents all awake--the leprechaun I spoke to days before still in search of his lost pot of gold in the glen, rain clouds heavy in the distance, and rainbows gleaming above the treetops.
In Valentine's Town, Queen Ruby is bustling through the streets, making sure the chocolatiers are busy crafting their confections of black velvet truffles and cherry macaroons, trying to make up for lost time, while her cupids still flock through town, wild and restless.
The rabbits have resumed painting their pastel eggs in Easter Town. The townsfolk in Fourth of July Town are testing new rainbow sparklers and fireworks that explode in the formation of a queen's crown, in honor of the Pumpkin Queen who saved them all from a life of dreamless sleep. In Thanksgiving Town, everyone is preparing for the feast in the coming season, and the elves in Christmas Town have resumed assembling presents and baking powdered-sugar gingerbread cookies.
And in Halloween Town, we have just enough time to finish preparations for the holiday: cobwebs woven together, pumpkins carved, and black tar-wax candles lit.”
Source: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen
“In St. Louis, some people were hurt seriously when some fans got on top of a roof that was where other fans were underneath it, at a park somewhere, and it collapsed.”
“In Stage I, divorces were not allowed, so men's [sexual] affairs did not put women's economic security in jeopardy; in Stage II, affairs could lead to divorce, so men's affairs did place women's economic security in jeopardy. We did not want political leaders who would be role models for behavior that would put women's economic security in jeopardy.”
“In stages, the impossible becomes possible.”
Source: Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya
“In Stalin each [Soviet bureaucrat] easily finds himself. But Stalin also finds in each one a small part of his own spirit. Stalin is the personification of the bureaucracy. That is the substance of his political personality.”