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Refining Quotes (page 6)

Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them. Henry David Thoreau
To wait so long/And want a man refined and strong/Is not at all uncommon. And yet to wait one hundred years/Without a tear, without a care/Makes for a very rare woman. So here our tale appears to show/How marriage deferred/Brings joy unheard/Nothing lost after a century or so. But others love with more ardor/And wed quickly out of passion/Whatever they do/I won’t deplore/Nor shall I preach a lesson. Charles Perrault
Donald G. Mitchell quote: "But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a..."
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. Donald G. Mitchell
Robert Millikan quote: "Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of..."
Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. Robert Millikan
A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque. Juan Goytisolo
The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined. Evelyn Glennie
People are complex. You can be smart and still look hot. You can be a punk rocker yet have a refined vocabulary. It's all about this mashup that makes us who we are and I think that's a beautiful thing. Nadia Giosia
I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys. Marvin Gaye
Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street. John Sununu
Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. Eliza Farnham
William Empson quote: "It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone..."
It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows. William Empson
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it. James Ellroy
Neil Diamond quote: "Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it..."
Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics. Neil Diamond
Robert Delaunay quote: "The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which..."
The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness. Robert Delaunay
T. S. Eliot quote: "Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the..."
Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly. T. S. Eliot

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