T Quotes
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“The parts of our bodies we share with another person are called ‘private,’ while the ones we keep entirely to ourselves remain unlabeled; perhaps those are the truly private parts, and the so-called ‘private parts’ should instead be called ‘sharable parts’; English, it seems, delights in contradiction.”
“The parts of our lives that take the most work are the most worth it.”
Source: Second of the Winterset Coven
“The parts of Shaggy, Daphne, Freddie and Velma played by Linda Cardellini are all iconic and not really personality-driven, so it doesn't really matter who plays those roles, ... But it is true that Matthew nailed it.”
“The parts of the [Civil Right] Movement we recognize so well now were not born from a single decision, but were a complicated and messy evolution of ideas and spirits, coming together after a long, hard struggle to triumph in moments when the odds seemed the longest.”
“the parts of the brain corresponding to the limbic system (thought to respond only to more visceral, immediate rewards) were activated only when the decision involved comparing a reward today with one in the future. In contrast, the lateral prefrontal cortex (a more “calculating” part of the brain) responded with a similar intensity to all decisions, regardless of the timing of the options. Brains that work like this would produce a lot of failed good intentions. And indeed, we do see a lot of those, from New Year’s resolutions to gym memberships that lie unused.”
Source: Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
“The parts of the universe ... all are connected with each other in such a way that I think it to be impossible to understand any one without the whole.”
“The parts that embarrass you the most are usually the most interesting poetically, are usually the most naked of all, the rawest, the goofiest, the strangest and most eccentric and at the same time, most representative, most universal... That was something I earned from Kerouac, which was that spontaneous writing could be embarrassing... The cure for that is to write the thing down which you will not publish and which you won't show people. To write secretly... so you can actually be free to say anything you want.”
“The parts that scare you most, that’s where the artist is born, for fear comes from the mind. And art comes from the heart.”
“The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck inside the second duck, whilst the second duck is trying very hard to explain that it doesn't feel ready for a third duck right now, is uncertain that it would want any putative third duck anyway, and certainly not whilst it, the second duck, was busy flying.”
Source: Life, the Universe and Everything
“The party at its best has always been a modern party.”
“The party belongs to the millions of the rank and file. It does not belong to the handful of politicians who have assumed fraudulently to upset the will of the rank and file. The action of these men is in no sense "regular," as they claim it to be.... theft and dishonesty cannot give and never shall give a title to regularity.”
Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem for the party is, you can't get there from here. You can't start out where the current Republicans are and win back those places. To me, what you have to do is create a different Republican Party that can win in those places.”
“The party does not have to end, but the music might have to change.”
“The party don't stop, til the casket drop.”
“The party has to be much more. It has to connect in a real way with rank-and-file members and be their voice.”
“The party impulse is a very subversive impulse. I mean, you know, a lot of artists have too much integrity to sell their art as a brand; but who has so much integrity that they would turn down a party?”
“The party in Alobar’s head, which agitation and anxiety were throwing, now was crashed by a notion: existence can be rearranged.”
Source: Jitterbug Perfume
“The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.”
“The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.”
“The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.”
“The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself. WHO wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same.”
“The Party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about.”
Source: Animal Farm and 1984
“The Party leader at the time, Jiang Zemin, wanted to show the world China's new status. And in winning the bid, the leaders could show the people how strong the government was. Plus, the leadership wanted to use the Olympics to strengthen nationalist sentiment.”
“The party line is that stocks historically have outperformed all other investment plans.”
“The party now is having my kids laugh and my wife laugh and my teammates. I want them to see me have fun and put it in a different way.”
“The party of God and the party of Literature have more in common than either will admit their texts may conflict, but their bigotries coincide. Both insist on being the sole custodians of the true word and its only interpreters.”
“The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead.”
“The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons. ... Republicans: The No. 1 reason the rest of the world thinks we're deaf, dumb, and dangerous.”
“The Party of the Regions has won a convincing victory. We are ready to undertake responsibility for forming the Cabinet and we are calling on everyone to join us.”
“The party out of office becomes the articulate one.”
“The Party's Object...' The establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interests of the whole community'......was precise and legalistic. Correctness of definition and theory was all-important: in the minds of the men of new party, the failures of the existing organisations were simply the fruits of false theories. For the same reason, the Object did not mention the means of exchange. It was held that socialism, with free access to everything, there would be no exchange of goods; hence, to talk of the common ownership of the means of exchange was to show misunderstanding from the start.”
“The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness; only power, pure power. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?”
Source: 1984
“The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?”
Source: 1984
“The party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come to free men. It makes free men. We want a nation of proprietors, not a state of collectivists. That is attained by creating a national wealth and income, not by destroying it. The income and estate taxes create an orderly movement to diffuse swollen fortunes more effectively than all the quacks.”
Source: Addresses Upon the American Road
“The party should stand for a constantly wider diffusion of property. That is the greatest social and economic security that can come to free men. It makes men free.”
“The party sounds a lot more fun from the outside than in, like most parties.”
Source: In Limbo
“The Party strengthens itself by clearing its ranks of trash.”
“The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.”
“The party that called itself liberal aimed at respecting the liberty to dispose of one's own goods”
“The party that negotiates in haste is often at a disadvantage.”
Source: Negotiation Analysis: The Science and Art of Collaborative Decision Making
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right.”
Source: Animal Farm and 1984
“The party was at its peak and everyone was taking full advantage of the moment. Each lady had her eye on a certain marked beau. Elegant women conversed with eligible men, handsome and well bred. Ruby felt sorry for the under-endowed ladies and plain girls, who stood together in a small group with their mothers. Passing by the conniving little circle, she heard too clearly the strategies they had concocted. They were like vultures hunting for rotten meat. Mothers sent out their girls to meet the wealthiest and nearly deceased men of the ton.”
Source: Ruby
“The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.”
Source: Under dispute
“The Party Will Not Last Long If Branded Physical Dealerships Continue To Use Investor Money To Buy Used Cars At A High And Sell At A Low Price Unless They Truly Solve The Real Problems Of The Automobile Industry.”
“The party's got to see itself as being one public service organization in a very competitive field, all of whom are competing for the allegiance and commitment and brains of the next generation. They've got to be big enough to reach out to those groups and say "come on in."”
“The party's just getting started. This is where the fun starts.”
“The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the matter of creed to any particular confession.”
Source: The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939
“The pas has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.”
“The Pashton took revenge after twenty years and another said it was taken too soon.”
“The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress....Eve ry family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud....Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid.”