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Bent Quotes

Novelists of a conservative or more purely aesthetic bent hold up better on the surface, but their novels go in and out of fashion according to relevance or irrelevance Picture Quote #1

Day and night she had drudged and struggled and thrown her soul into her work, and there was not much of her left over for anything else. Being human, she suffered from this lack and did what she could to make up for it. If she passed the evening bent over a table in the library and later declared that she had spent that time playing cards, it was as though she had managed to do both those things. Through the lies, she lived vicariously. The lies doubled the little of her existence that was left over from work and augmented the little rag end of her personal life Picture Quote #1

She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life... As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled Picture Quote #1

A raintree bent towards a window in one side of the bungalow, eavesdropping on the conversations that had taken place inside over years Picture Quote #1

This girl: she bent reality around her like a lens bending light, she pleated it into so many flickering layers that you could never tell which one you were looking at, the longer you stared the dizzier you got Picture Quote #1

And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near, by the unwarned charm of its breath, nothingness now revealed itself: that permanent night upon which the stars in their expiring generations are less than the glinting of gnats, and nebulae, more trivial than winter breath; that darkness in which eternity lies bent and pale, a dead snake in a jar, and infinity is the sparkling of a wren blown out to sea; that inconceivable chasm of invulnerable silence in which cataclysms of galaxies rave mute as amber Picture Quote #1

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A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all... much of the magic of the heather beds would vanish if, as we bent over them, there was no chance that we might hear a faint rustle among the blossoms, and find ourselves staring into a pair of sleepy green eyes Picture Quote #1

It were indeed to be wish’d that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we mean those instruments of war, which were unknown to the ancients, and have made such havoc among the moderns. But as men have always been bent on seeking each other’s destruction by continual wars; and as force, when brought against us, can only be repelled by force; the chief support of war, must, after money, be now sought in chemistry Picture Quote #1

More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build a lot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities Picture Quote #1

He bent his head and kissed her long and deeply, and in that kiss neither knew themselves, or even each other, but something beyond all consciousness that was both of them Picture Quote #1

Blessed are the flexible for they will not allow themselves to become bent out of shape! Picture Quote #1

The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent Picture Quote #1

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Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent before disaster; because she has expended more life and effort in war than any other city, and has won for herself a power greater than any hitherto known, the memory of which will descend to the latest posterity Picture Quote #1

How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the world about them. People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding. But magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And what is more, they find it everywhere Picture Quote #1

Power operates only destructively, bent always on forcing every manifestation of life into the straitjacket of its laws. Its intellectual form of expression is dead dogma, its physical form brute force. And this unintelligence of its objectives sets its stamp on its supporters also and renders them stupid and brutal, even when they were originally endowed with the best of talents. One who is constantly striving to force everything into a mechanical order at last becomes a machine himself and loses all human feeling Picture Quote #1

This bowl has lived up to all the hype that I heard of it. Coaches... that have been here rave about the hospitality, rave about the venue and all the activities for the players. The people here have been marvelous. The bowl committee has bent over backwards to make sure that our stay is an excellent one. The players have something to do if they choose every day. You couldn’t find a better place Picture Quote #1

I think I have a repressed bent for the military, I like discipline without question, specific schedules and duties Picture Quote #1

Be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic, be a suffragette, be anything you like, but for pity’s sake be it to the top of your bent Picture Quote #1

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So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the hearts of men Picture Quote #1

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately Picture Quote #1

For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man Picture Quote #1

People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same Picture Quote #1

I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don’t think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get Picture Quote #1

I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s Picture Quote #1

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We’ll have a kid or maybe we’ll rent one. He’s got to be straight, we don’t want a bent one Picture Quote #1

I was thinking as I bent over to receive my injection, next time I’m gonna use protection Picture Quote #1

Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist Picture Quote #1

It’s funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent Picture Quote #1

What is perfection anyway in the physical? It is an idea we have. When it doesn’t happen we get all bent out of shape and frustrated and angry and then unhappy, we take it out on everybody Picture Quote #1

Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre Picture Quote #1

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Novelists of a conservative or more purely aesthetic bent hold up better on the surface, but their novels go in and out of fashion according to relevance or irrelevance (Bent Quotes) Day and night she had drudged and struggled and thrown her soul into her work, and there was not much of her left over for anything else. Being human, she suffered from this lack and did what she could to make up for it. If she passed the evening bent over a table in the library and later declared that she had spent that time playing cards, it was as though she had managed to do both those things. Through the lies, she lived vicariously. The lies doubled the little of her existence that was left over from work and augmented the little rag end of her personal life (Bent Quotes) She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life... As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled (Bent Quotes) A raintree bent towards a window in one side of the bungalow, eavesdropping on the conversations that had taken place inside over years (Bent Quotes) This girl: she bent reality around her like a lens bending light, she pleated it into so many flickering layers that you could never tell which one you were looking at, the longer you stared the dizzier you got (Bent Quotes) And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near, by the unwarned charm of its breath, nothingness now revealed itself: that permanent night upon which the stars in their expiring generations are less than the glinting of gnats, and nebulae, more trivial than winter breath; that darkness in which eternity lies bent and pale, a dead snake in a jar, and infinity is the sparkling of a wren blown out to sea; that inconceivable chasm of invulnerable silence in which cataclysms of galaxies rave mute as amber (Bent Quotes) A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all... much of the magic of the heather beds would vanish if, as we bent over them, there was no chance that we might hear a faint rustle among the blossoms, and find ourselves staring into a pair of sleepy green eyes (Bent Quotes) It were indeed to be wish’d that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we mean those instruments of war, which were unknown to the ancients, and have made such havoc among the moderns. But as men have always been bent on seeking each other’s destruction by continual wars; and as force, when brought against us, can only be repelled by force; the chief support of war, must, after money, be now sought in chemistry (Bent Quotes) More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build a lot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities (Bent Quotes) He bent his head and kissed her long and deeply, and in that kiss neither knew themselves, or even each other, but something beyond all consciousness that was both of them (Bent Quotes) Blessed are the flexible for they will not allow themselves to become bent out of shape! (Bent Quotes) The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent (Bent Quotes) Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent before disaster; because she has expended more life and effort in war than any other city, and has won for herself a power greater than any hitherto known, the memory of which will descend to the latest posterity (Bent Quotes) How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the world about them. People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding. But magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And what is more, they find it everywhere (Bent Quotes) Power operates only destructively, bent always on forcing every manifestation of life into the straitjacket of its laws. Its intellectual form of expression is dead dogma, its physical form brute force. And this unintelligence of its objectives sets its stamp on its supporters also and renders them stupid and brutal, even when they were originally endowed with the best of talents. One who is constantly striving to force everything into a mechanical order at last becomes a machine himself and loses all human feeling (Bent Quotes) This bowl has lived up to all the hype that I heard of it. Coaches... that have been here rave about the hospitality, rave about the venue and all the activities for the players. The people here have been marvelous. The bowl committee has bent over backwards to make sure that our stay is an excellent one. The players have something to do if they choose every day. You couldn’t find a better place (Bent Quotes) I think I have a repressed bent for the military, I like discipline without question, specific schedules and duties (Bent Quotes) Be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic, be a suffragette, be anything you like, but for pity’s sake be it to the top of your bent (Bent Quotes) So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the hearts of men (Bent Quotes) I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately (Bent Quotes) For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man (Bent Quotes) People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same (Bent Quotes) I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don’t think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get (Bent Quotes) I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s (Bent Quotes) We’ll have a kid or maybe we’ll rent one. He’s got to be straight, we don’t want a bent one (Bent Quotes) I was thinking as I bent over to receive my injection, next time I’m gonna use protection (Bent Quotes) Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist (Bent Quotes) It’s funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent (Bent Quotes) What is perfection anyway in the physical? It is an idea we have. When it doesn’t happen we get all bent out of shape and frustrated and angry and then unhappy, we take it out on everybody (Bent Quotes) Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre (Bent Quotes)

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