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“The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man's complexity and the strength and decency of his longings. Where we can describe, step by step, minute by minute, our not altogether unpleasant struggle to put ourselves into a viable and devout relationship to our beloved and mistaken world.”

Men World Form Steps Novel Struggle Records Minutes Remains Longing Beloved Complexity Mistaken Decency

Author:John Cheever

“There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.”

Men Kind Age Past Records Overcoming Miracle Prejudice Remains Instance Despise Signals

Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

“When I gaze into the stars, they look down upon me with pity from their serene and silent spaces, like eyes glistening with tears over the little lot of man. Thousands of generations, all as noisy as our own, have been swallowed up by time, and there remains no record of them any more. Yet Arcturus and Orion, Sirius and Pleiades, are still shining in their courses, clear and young, as when the shepherd first noted them in the plain of Shinar!”

Men Firsts Looks Littles Has Beens Stills Eye Young Courses Stars Space Clear Records Generations Tears Remains Shining Silent Pity Serene Shepherds Noisy Sirius Orion

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man's complexity and the strength and decency of his longings.”

Men Form Novel Records Remains Longing Complexity Decency

Book:The Wapshot Chronicle

Source: The Wapshot Chronicle

“It would be very curious to record by means of photographs, not the stage of the picture, but its metamorphoses. Perhaps one would perceive the path taken by the mind in order to put its dreams into a concrete form. But what is really very curious is to observe that fundamentally the picture does not change, that despite appearances the initial vision remains almost intact.”

Mind Mean Doe Dream Would Be Form Order Vision Path Taken Records Stage Remains Photograph Appearance Despite Curious Perceive Concrete Initials Metamorphosis

Author:Pablo Picasso

“I think the most important challenge that remains is this mentality in Washington that sanctions have been an asset, and some people want to find even an excuse to keep them or an excuse to reintroduce them. I don't know whether they've looked at the record of how sanctions actually produce exactly the opposite of what they wanted to produce.”

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Author:Mohammad Javad Zarif

“The historical resonances are sharp. [Louis] Brandeis is nominated on Jan. 28, 1916. Confirmed on June 1. Waits 125 days between nomination and confirmation, which remains an unbroken record, although Merrick Garland will surpass it in July, if my math is right. Anti-Semitism was definitely not the central reason for the opposition, which tended to focus more on his anti-corporate radicalism, but it was a theme.”

Ifs Reason Waiting Records Focus Remains Historical Math Corporate Theme Opposition June July Resonance Anti Semitism Nominations Unbroken Confirmation Garlands Radicalism Louis Brandeis

Author:Jeffrey Rosen

“There are two economic realities in America today. There's been a record six straight years of job growth, and new census numbers show incomes have increased at a record rate after years of stagnation. However, income inequality remains significant, and nearly half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.”

“The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded remains must not be looked at as a well-filled museum, but as a poor collection made at hazard and at rare intervals.”

Wells Made Earth Science Loses Poor Records Glory Accounts Remains Filled Extremes Noble Collections Museums Imperfection Hazards Intervals Embedded Geology

Book:On the Origin of Species

Source: On the Origin of Species

“It remains true, as every paleontologist knows, that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of families, appear in the record suddenly and are not led up to by known, gradual completely continuous transitional sequences.”

Knows Levels Known Records Evolution Remains Species Categories Fossils Sequence Stasis

Author:George Gaylord Simpson

“To Toronto City Council: The Sam The Record Man store and sign were important fixtures in Toronto's musical landscape as well as its Civic history. Sadly, all that remains now are our memories of the store and this magnificant neon sign. Ryerson and they City of Toronto should absolutely preserve what myself and many of its citizens consider to be an important symbol of our past and of that store's contributions to our culture.”

“President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and remains committed to stopping liberal activists judges who are redefining marriage.”

“Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. Its important for a woman to be able to control her finances.”

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Author:Maria Bartiromo