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True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same (Precisely Quotes)
Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us (Precisely Quotes)
Some one said: The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did. Precisely, and they are that which we know (Precisely Quotes)
We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality bequeathed us at our birth; and yet it is precisely through our dependence on this reality that we are most endlessly betrayed (Precisely Quotes)
Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong (Precisely Quotes)
... and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise they would cease to exist altogether (Precisely Quotes)
Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society (Precisely Quotes)
It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden (Precisely Quotes)
Religion is now viewed by many as a placebo or emotional crutch precisely because that is how we often pitch the gospel to unbelievers (Precisely Quotes)
The grim irony of investing, then, is that we investors as a group not only don’t get what we pay for, we get precisely what we don’t pay for. So if we pay for nothing, we get everything (Precisely Quotes)
The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly what it is desired to say, precisely as it would be written in a letter or told to an acquaintance (Precisely Quotes)
Our human bodies are miracles, not because they defy laws of nature, but precisely because they obey them (Precisely Quotes)
Precisely because our political speeches are meant to be reported, they are not worth reporting. Precisely because they are carefully designed to be read, nobody reads them (Precisely Quotes)
But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering (Precisely Quotes)
With a woman, a man always wants to let himself go. And it is precisely with a woman that he should never let himself go... but stick to his innermost belief and meet her just there (Precisely Quotes)
The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about (Precisely Quotes)
It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing (Precisely Quotes)
The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated (Precisely Quotes)
I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family (Precisely Quotes)
I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father’s generation (Precisely Quotes)
In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do (Precisely Quotes)
It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal (Precisely Quotes)
I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end (Precisely Quotes)
I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss - you can’t do it alone (Precisely Quotes)
To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don’t have a distributor who stands behind it (Precisely Quotes)
BMW models are more powerful on average than competitors. This is precisely what we are aiming for: less fuel consumption and more driving pleasure (Precisely Quotes)
Catholicism is a matter of the body and the senses as much as it is a matter of the mind, precisely because the Word became flesh (Precisely Quotes)
I think there is a danger that an environmental crisis can be used in precisely the same way as the terrorist threat can be used in terms of giving up freedom (Precisely Quotes)
That’s precisely the reason we need less paper and more concrete political decisions - the protection of endangeres species is not some luxury item by Gucci or Hermes, for people who have no problems (Precisely Quotes)
Wild groups of chimpanzees attack their enemies like gangs. What they completely lack, precisely because of their strong territorial behavior, is a friendly relationship with their neighbors (Precisely Quotes)