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Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the...

Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.

Quote by Richard Bach about family

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Quote by Juvenal about union, beauty

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Quote by William Penn about promise

To live your life is something very rarely.

To live your life is something very rarely.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about life

Truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about truth

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited;...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about talent, lie, genius, action, imagination, reason, being

Television-a medium. So called because it is neither rare...

Television-a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.

Quote by Ernie Kovacs about opinion, television

Some people just emanate this great peace of security. It...

Some people just emanate this great peace of security. It really permeates the whole set, and it's so rare to see that.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about security, peace, people

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely...

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

Quote by Douglas Adams about ancestors, people, proudness

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.

Quote by Douglas Adams about thinking, mind

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about things

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often...

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about aptitude, genius, imagination, reason

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Quote by Albert Camus about goodnes

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely...

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

Quote by Orson Scott about mind

I love tinkering with the web site. I'm a Mac user, and it's fun for me to create a web page with HTML, but I have two kids and a lot of work to do, so it's rare that I can steal the four or five hours it takes to pack together a good addition to...

Quote by Michael Chabon about work, good, good luck, love

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

Quote by Julie Christie about suffering, happiness, world

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

Quote by Winston Churchill about peace, war, good, good luck

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely...

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Quote by Charles Dickens about money

Kids die now by either murder or accident - no disease on...

Kids die now by either murder or accident - no disease on any scale except rare diseases and they're an anomaly.

Quote by Katherine Dunn

I very rarely have had a complete sort of confrontation....

I very rarely have had a complete sort of confrontation. I just think you've got to have a very true collaboration.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

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