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Immediate Quotes (page 26)

Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery. Herman Hesse
Oh!” said she, “I heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I know, to say ‘Yes,’ that you might have the pleasure of despising my taste; but I always delight in overthrowing those kind of schemes, and cheating a person of their premeditated contempt. I have, therefore made up my mind to tell you, that I do not want to dance a reel at all--and now despise me if you dare.” “Indeed I do not dare. Jane Austen
My father ain't in Europe; my father's in a better place than Europe." Winterbourne imagined for a moment that this was the manner in which the child had been taught to intimate that Mr. Miller had been removed to the sphere of celestial reward. But Randolph immediately added, "My father's in Schenectady. Henry James
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "It is not humanly possible to gather immediately from it what..."
It is not humanly possible to gather immediately from it what the logic of language is. Language disguises thought. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I..."
Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Graeme Murphy quote: "And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate."
And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate. Graeme Murphy
People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies. Robert Mueller
It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience. Robert Morgan
I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents to the traveler, 'I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.' William Least Heat-Moon
She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful. Infants were sometimes born in the convent; but they were always baptized and immediately strangled! Maria Monk
Wilson Mizner quote: "I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and..."
I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .' Wilson Mizner
The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia. Kelly Miller
What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign. Dennis Miller
I think American audiences are quite interesting in that they can handle almost any amount of violence, but the moment the violence becomes sexual violence it immediately becomes an issue. Mark Millar
As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another. John Stuart Mill

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