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Exactness Quotes (page 19)

This was exactly why holidays were so valuable, he told himself: they allowed you to stand back a bit, and see where you were going rusty. Colin Dexter
Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amout of hard work that is put into it. Calvin Coolidge
He had two lives: one, open, and known by all who cared to know, full of relative truth and of relative falsehood, exactly like the lives of his friends and acquaintances; and another life running its course in secret. And though some strange, perhaps accidental, conjunction of circumstances, everything that was essential, of interest and of value to him, everything in which he was sincere and did not deceive himself, everything that made the kernel of his life, was hidden from other people. Anton Chekhov
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer. And even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.” (Peaceful Warrior) Dan Millman
William Shakespeare quote: "Thou shalt be free. As mountain winds: but then exactly do...."
Thou shalt be free. As mountain winds: but then exactly do. All points of my command. William Shakespeare
Higgins: I find that the moment I let a woman make friends with me, she becomes jealous, exacting, suspicious, and a damned nuisance. I find that the moment I let myself make friends with a woman, I become selfish and tyrannical. Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and youre driving at another. Pickering: At what, for example? Higgins: Oh, Lord knows! I suppose the woman wants to live her own life; and the man wants to live... George Bernard Shaw
Thomas Love Peacock quote: "Tea, late dinners and the French Revolution. I cannot exactly..."
Tea, late dinners and the French Revolution. I cannot exactly see the connection of ideas. Thomas Love Peacock
Sylvia Plath quote: "I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions."
I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Sylvia Plath
J. D. Salinger quote: "I wouldn't exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She..."
I wouldn't exactly describe her as strictly beautiful. She knocked me out, though. J. D. Salinger
In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case. Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the fate awaits those who believe promises. Paulo Coelho
When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there. George W. Bush
Don't be so damned discouraging," said Wimsey. "I have already carefully explained to you that this time I am investigating this business. Anybody would think you had no confidence in me."People have been wrongly condemned before now."Exactly; simply because I wasn't there."I never thought of that. Dorothy L. Sayers
You don't expect me," he said, "to revolutionize society on this lawn?"Syme looked straight into his eyes and smiled sweetly."No, I don't," he said; "but I suppose that if you were serious about your anarchism, that is exactly what you would do. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Charles Kingsley quote: "Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can..."
Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way. Charles Kingsley
... and because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical; but that did not signify. It was censure in common use, and easily given. Jane Austen

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