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“Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.”
“Not merely hope, but any burdensome yearning: ambition, hatred, love (especially love) - how rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve? How hopelessly we signal; how dark the sky; how big the waves. We are all lost at see, washed between hope and despair, hailing something that may never come to rescue us. Catastrophe has become art; but this is no reducing process. It is freeing, enlarging, explaining. Catastrophe has become art: that is, after all, what it is for.”
Source: A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters
“Not merely is the art of the second half of the fifth century influenced by the same experience which formed the ideas of the Sophists; a spiritual movement such as theirs, with its stimulating humanism, was bound to have a direct effect upon the outlook of the poets and artists. When we come to the fourth century there is no branch of art in which their influence cannot be traced. Nowhere is the new spirit more striking than in the new type of athlete which, with Praxiteles and Lysippus, now supplants the manly ideal of Polycletus. Their Hermes and Apoxyomenos have nothing of the heroic, of aristocratic austerity and disdain about them; they give the impression of being dancers rather than athletes. Their intellectuality is expressed not merely in their heads; their whole appearance emphasizes that ephemeral quality of all that is human which the Sophists had pointed out and stressed. Their whole being is dynamically charged and full of latent force and movement. When you try to look at them they will not allow you to rest in any one position, for the sculptor has discarded all thought of principal view-points; on the contrary, these works underline the incompleteness and momentariness of each ephemeral aspect to such a degree as to force the spectator to be altering his position constantly until he has been round the whole figure. He is thus made aware of the relativity of each single aspect, just as the Sophists became aware that every truth, every norm and every standard has a perspective element and alters as the view-point alters. Art now frees itself from the last fetters of the geometrical; the very last traces of frontality now disappear. The Apoxyomenos is completely absorbed in himself, leads his own life and takes no notice of the spectator. The individualism and relativism of the Sophists, the illusionism and subjectivity of contemporary art, alike express the spirit of economic liberalism and democracy—the spiritual condition of people who reject the old aristocratic attitude towards life, with all its gravity and magnificence, because they think they owe everything to themselves and nothing to their ancestors, and who give vent to all their emotions and passions with complete lack of restraint because so whole-heartedly convinced that man is the measure of all things.”
Source: The Social History of Art, Volume 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages
“Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed”
“Not merely what we do, but what we try to do and why, are the true interpreters of what we are.”
“Not moderation, but elimination is the ideal in regard to evolution-retarding habits. In a sanitarium for dope-addicts it may be advisable to allow patients temporarily a restricted — but at the same time gradually diminishing — use of narcotics. Similarly it may be advisable to condone that sex-addicts (that is to say: all those who have habituated themselves to sexual acts) do not suddenly break their habit, provided they will gradually overcome it. But no sane person can opine that a continuous use of drugs should be prescribed for the dope-addicted patients — not even in a so-called moderate degree. Still less that it should also be recommended for those who are free from the addiction.
As little reasonable is it to claim that quasi moderate sexual activity must continually be indulged in by those who are addicted to such acts, and that also it should be recommended for all who are not so addicted.”
Source: The Coiled Serpent: A Philosophy Of Conservation And Transmutation Of Reproductive Energy
“Not money, not fame and not positions can transform an enemy into a friend but rather, it is love that can do such a job.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“Not money, Not skills, but Time is the biggest lever for massive wealth creation”
Source: The Autobiography Of A Stock
“Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret.”
Source: Saturday's Child
“Not moving because things are unfamiliar-and you haven't bothered to learn how to operate on them-I think is really a crime. The uncertain is the unknown and the unknown is the future, and you cannot predict the future. But the unfamiliar? You can learn how to operate in that.”
“Not much changes if sleep is where you live out your dreams. Start living your dreams out in the day and sleep becomes a time of rest from living rather than an escape from life.”
“Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.”
Source: Rocket Boys
“Not much could have distracted me from coffee, but hearing Julius Caesar quoted at Spencer’s certainly did.”
Source: The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel
“Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel.
Huge portions of what is loosely termed "the squirrel brain" are given over to one thought: food.
The average squirrel cogitation goes something like this: I wonder what there is to eat.”
Source: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
“Not much had changed at Magnus’s since the first time Jace had been there. Jace used an open rune to get through the front door and took the stairs, buzzing Magnus’s apartment bell. It was safer that way because Magnus could be playing video games naked or really anything. Magnus yanked the door open, looking furious. He was wearing a black silk dressing gown, his feet were bare, his dark hair was tangled, “What are you doing here?”
“My,” said Jace, “You’re so unwelcoming.”
“That’s because you’re not welcome.”
“I thought we were friends,” said Jace.
“No, you’re Alec’s friend, Alec was my boyfriend so I had to put up with you. But now he’s not my boyfriend so I don’t have to put up with you.”
“I think you should get back together with Alec,” said Jace.
Magnus looked at him, “And why is that?”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin.”
“Not much happens in Russian Federation without Vladimir Putin.”
“Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams. Much more than a dreamer is required to bring it to reality; but the dream must be there first.”
Source: Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
“Not much has been written about the Nereids of modern Greece. Wherever there is a warm, healing stream they believe that it flows from the breasts of the Nereids.”
“Not much has changed in the past 6,000 years. We still hide from God because we know we're naked.”
“Not much in the world ends up being the same as it started out,
unless of course it had a very short life cycle.”
Source: Targeting Success, Develop the Right Business Attitude to be Successful in the Workplace
“Not much is done to promote non-cricket sports in India. There is a lot of talk about how sports needs to reach the grassroots and how it should be introduced as a subject in school, but nothing has been done to that effect.”
“Not much is known about alligators. They don't train well. And they're unwieldy and rowdy to work with in laboratories.”
Source: Moon By Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats,Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales
“Not much is truly holy in this world, but precious is the person who does not pass on the pain and the desire for retribution, that self-sustaining spiral; who says, “No more,” not out of resignation or defeat, but out of something that might be called love, if it even needs a name.
It became clear to me now what my father had given me. He had broken the cycle.”
Source: Inventory: A Memoir
“Not much makes me feel uncomfortable about sexuality. It’s the most natural thing in the world. I don’t really get why people make such a stink. It’s like being embarrassed of hunger or thirst.”
Source: Undercover Lovers
“Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife.”
“Not much more than a broke disgrace who's hooked on tonics, so excuse him if his poker face has puke on it.”
“Not much music left inside us for life to dance to. Our youth has gone to the ends of the earth to die in the silence of the truth. And where, I ask you, can a man escape to, when he hasn't enough madness left inside him? The truth is an endless death agony. The truth is death. You have to choose: death or lies. I've never been able to kill myself.”
“Not much of note in my waking life. People get sick, or don’t. People die, or don’t. I watch TV, or don’t. Sometimes I smoke without remembering lighting up. I continue to go to a deranged hypnotist and try to recall a film by a deceased African-American gentleman. I sell collapsible clown shoes. I eat Slammy burgers. In my waking life, I am not a novelizer, nor will I be many other people as I will in the dreams. I am, while awake in fact, not even fully me. I believe if I had the courage to be completely me, I would be a somewhat more interesting person. I believe people would be drawn to me. I believe I would not be lonely. I cannot bear to believe that what I am while awake is the entirety of me.”
Source: Antkind
“Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.”
“Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.”
“Not much. There is only a thick layer of air between us. Other than that, we have memories of the last five years, which we will need high efforts to retain.”
Source: A Maverick Heart: Between Love and Life
“Not much to look at, but as with all true beauty it is what's inside that counts.”
Source: Our Garden Birds: A Bird for Every Week of the Year
“Not much to say except to warn you not to get too serious about all this, if you want to become a writer of fiction in the future. If you intend to become a critic, that is a Whale of another color…Playing around with symbols, even as a critic, can be a kind of kiddish parlor game. A little of it goes a long way. There are other things of greater value in any novel or story…humanity, character analysis, truth on other levels…Good symbolism should be as natural as breathing…and as unobtrusive.”
“Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision.”
Source: The Passion
“Not much was said of Gaberone except its riches and its danger. The prisons were said to be in-escapable, the shanty towns cheap, the police didn’t bother the illegal immigrants unless they were caught committing crimes. A dangerous paradise.”
“Not my biggest fear, but my biggest problem onstage is over-emphasizing what I do. I'm pushing too hard. You need to engage an audience. They need to be able to involve their own imaginations as well. They don't need everything thrust down their throat, and I have a tendency to do that. I always have had a tendency to do that.”
“Not my finest hour," he says, shaking his head.
"You realize you did it for no reason," I say. I tell him about talking to my dad and explain that I was crying because of that.
"That information would have been useful BEFORE I shoved him in the pool.”
Source: Love? Maybe.
“Not my idea of God, but God. Not my idea of H., but H. Yes, and also not my idea of my neighbour, but my neighbour. For don't we often make this mistake as regards people who are still alive -- who are with us in the same room? Talking and acting not to the man himself but to the picture -- almost the précis -- we've made of him in our own minds? And he has to depart from it pretty widely before we even notice the fact.”
Source: A Grief Observed
“Not my job to judge, boy." Baba Yaga filled and lit the pipe again. "But I do observe that its difficult to escape familiar patterns. When you live your life with cruel words, you look for people to give them to you. When you escape and evil stepmother, you take an uncaring bride. When your father throws you out, you love someone who won't love you back. And to keep yourself in cruelty, you're willing to risk head and hands on the mayors side board. Keep the pattern going. Hm.”
Source: Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables
“Not my political ideas. Conservatism didn’t buy this house. First and foremost I’m a businessman. My first goal is to attract the largest possible audience so I can charge confiscatory ad rates. I happen to have great entertainment skills, but that enables me to sell airtime.”
“Not my will, but thine, be done.”
Source: The Holy Bible: King James Version
“Not my will, but Yours be done.”
Source: Teaching True Love to a Sex-at-13 Generation
“Not mythical material productive forces, but reason and ideas determine the course of human affairs. What is needed to stop the trend toward socialism and despotism is common-sense and moral courage.”
Source: Planned Chaos
“Not naive,' Conch shell had corrected him. 'He simply has not been taught to fear the things you fear.”
Source: Skinny Legs and All
“Not nature, but the "genius of mankind," has knotted the hangman's noose with which it can execute itself at any moment.”
Source: Jung on Christianity
“Not necessarily a good leader or even adequate for the Detachment, the new Lieutenant was, however, proving to be good at mainly just looking out for his own best interests, something not lost on the First Sergeant or the rest of us.”
Source: Do Bomb Dogs Dream of Chasing Butterflies?
“Not necessarily everything is white and simple inside, because many blacks covered with snow look simple and beautiful.”
“Not necessarily in the beginning, thinking I would have a career in comedy, but I was always interested in making people laugh.”
“Not necessarily narrow so much as impatient, intense.”
Source: Light Years