#case

Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human. ↗

— Terry Gross

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'The White Ribbon' had to be in German because of the subject matter, that was clear. But in the case of 'Amour,' it could have taken place in any country. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#because #case #clear #could #country

Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#cases #counterfeit #make #makes #many

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them. ↗

— James L. Buckley

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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#cautiously #default #failed #failing #impossible

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out. ↗

— David Sedaris

#case #change #ever #figure #got

We found vines of a large size, and in some cases quite loaded with grapes; we also found an abundance of roses, which appeared to be like those of Castile. ↗

— Junipero Serra

#also #appeared #cases #found #grapes

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#case #doing #man #means #most