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The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right. ↗

— Mike Singletary

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And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

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Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

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Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

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Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

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The number of attacks on the American and allied forces is at the highest level since the insurgency began despite the increase of America combat operations and the introduction of some 40 new Iraq security forces and battalions. ↗

— Ike Skelton

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Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. ↗

— Liz Smith

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Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. ↗

— Grace Slick

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I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old. ↗

— Mel Torme

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