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I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#beautifully #because #expressed #find #i

If there is a supreme being, he's crazy. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#crazy #supreme #supreme being

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#being #being alone #created #express #glory

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid. ↗

— Trent Dilfer

#been #especially #golf #haven #hit

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#alone #because #concern #express #expressed

It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#birthday #bitter #creator #creatures #divides

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#alone #best #looking #love #loves

From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#external #external world #mere #only #perspective

If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration. ↗

— John Dingell

#being #congress #disclose #does #facts

I'm confident that, were I mayor, I would do some things differently than he has. But I think there's a world of difference between him and his immediate predecessor. ↗

— David Dinkins

#confident #difference #differently #him #his