Edith M. Thomas famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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To Death I yield, but not to Doubt, who slays before!
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I gave thee what could not be heard What had not been given before The beat of my heart I gave !
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The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And vines are running fire along the ground.
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Treasure the shadow. ... There are no shadows save from substance cast.
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I follow my law and fulfil it all duly and look! when your doubt runneth high North points to the needle!
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Who turns away from gazing at the sun Sees its dusk images fill all the air. It is not otherwise when Hope is done: Her darkling phantoms make the heaven of Despair.
-- Edith M. Thomas
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In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
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When we yield ourselves completely to God, He gives Himself completely to us.
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Too much safety seems to yield only danger in the long run,
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Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
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It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.
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The probability that we face global warming caused by fossil fuels is now so overwhelming that it is legitimate to doubt the motives of those who deny it
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When we are in our studios, in our private space... we need to block out the outside world; we need to disbelieve anything that would doubt us, because - everyone will doubt us if we allow them that space.
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I don't want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of 'Idiocracy' and 'Borat,' without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
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Pray and doubt; you’ll do without. Pray and believe; you will receive.
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