Quote Essays

  • Quotes

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    Quotes: ANGELA: "People always say you should be yourself, life yourself is this definite thing, like a toaster, or something. Like you can know what it is, even. But ever so often, I’ll have like...a moment where being myself, and my life right where I am is like...enough". "It's amazing the things you notice. Like the corner of his collar that was coming undone, like he was from a poor family and couldn't afford new shirts. That's all I could see. The whole world was that unraveled piece of fabric

  • quotes

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    The world is a puzzle and we're two pieces that fit perfectly together. Within you, I lose myself, without you, I find myself, searching to be lost again Love is like an hourglass with the heart filling up as the brain empties Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you." I don't need to be wanted, I want to be needed. Love is when you've ran out of excuses for hating someone. When a young man complains that a young woman has no heart

  • Dance Quotes

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    Dance Quotes "Dance isn't a form it's a way of life." ~anonymous "Dancers are the athletes of God." ~Albert Einstein "To tap or not to tap...silly question!!" ~anonymous "We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams." "Whatever you want to do, do it. There are only so many tomorrows" "Imagination is more important than knowledge" ~Albert Einstein "To dance

  • Smith Quotes

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    Smith Quotes Monopoly...is a great enemy to good management. The Wealth of Nations, Book I Chapter XI Part I p148 The monopolists, by keeping the market constantly understocked, by never fully supplying the effectual demand, sell their commodities much above the natural price. The Wealth of Nations, , Book I, Chapter VII, p63 The price of monopoly is upon every occasion the highest which can be got. The Wealth of Nations, , Book I, Chapter VII, p63 People of the same trade seldom

  • Crime and Punishment Quotes

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    1. “…all is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of.” –Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov By saying this Raskolnikov suggests that men are capable of doing whatever they wish, and the only thing that holds them back are their fears. Because of this Raskolnikov wonders what man’s greatest fear is, and with that comes the one thing that no man is capable of doing. 2. “…for though Pyotr Petrovitch has been

  • fountain head through quotes

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    The Meaning of The Fountainhead Through Quotes Literature is often a key factor in understanding the meanings of certain philosophies. If philosophy were not explained to great extent in certain works of literature, man would have no means of understanding the crucial, insightful messages behind philosophy. One such philosophy, objectivism, is represented exceptionally in Ayn Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead. The compelling dialogue between the characters of the book allows one to uncover Ayn Rand’s

  • The Kite Runner Quotes

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    The Kite Runner Chapter 1 1) "that was a long time ago, but it's wrong what they say about the past, i've learned, about how you can bury it. because the past claws its way out." *the narrator is looking back on what he has once witnessed long ago, and it's haunting him, makes him feel guilty and ashamed. 2) "I thought about something Rahim khan had said just before he hung up... There is a way to be good again." *the narrator's friend, Rahim Khan, is expressing indirectly that no matter what

  • Punishment Quote in The Scarlet Letter

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    Punishment Quote “Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the other can only be hurt.'; This is a very interesting quote, and depending what you make of it, it can be very confusing. To most people this quote might not mean anything, but you must read it and try to understand it. Though this quote can relate to a persons personality, it also might not relate to a person at all. All people are different and think differently than others. Almost

  • Romeo And Juliet Quote Essay

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    Act 2; Scene 2; Lines 36-39 and 41-52 36     O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo? 37     Deny thy father and refuse thy name, 38     Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, 39     And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. 41     ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy. 42     Thou art thyself, thou not a Montague. 43     What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, 44     Nor arm, nor face, [nor any other part] 45     Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! 46     What’s in a

  • To Kill A Mockingbird Childhood Quotes Analysis

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    of adults. "Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo'com'ny, and don't you let me catch you remakin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty!" This quote shows the Calpurnia teaches Scout

  • Quote Journal for House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

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    Quote Journal for House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende ? . . . it made no difference if they studied medicine or had the right to vote, because they would not have the strength to do it, but she herself [Nivea] was not brave enough to be among the first to give up the fashion.? (6, Ch 1) The women in this society are dependant on the dominant male figure to handle political and economical duties. This point of view is intended to mimic the older generation of women ad present a foundation

  • Quotes Which Can Be Used When Writing Your Essay on The Crucible

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    condemned.” This quote is from the mouth of Abigail, the leader of the girls involved at the center of the plot. She is talking with John, and trying to rationalize the things that the girls are doing. Proctor knows what is at the heart of the matter as Abigail is merely trying to get rid of his wife so that they can be together, something that he no longer wants. This situation shows the reader that Abigail is clearly committing perjury. Another informative aspect of this quote is that it sheds

  • To Kill A Mockingbird - Moral

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    how he got them." Page 19. This quote shows that the Cunningham's don't have a lot of money at all. This quote also shows that the Cunningham's are so poor they cant even afford a pair of shoes. "Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off. He didn't forget his lunch, he didn't have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life." Page 20. This quote shows that the Cunningham's are

  • The 1st Stasimon in Sophocles’ Play, Oedipus the King

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    This can be shown from the third quote in the 1st Stasimon handout. It reads: “No, not till I see these charges proved will I side with his accusers.” This shows that the Chorus considers Oedipus to be a true leader, and hence will follow him regardless. Another factor of significance in the first stasimon is that it shows the audience how the Chorus believes that Oedipus was brought to Thebes for a reason; this being to bring joy back into the city. The fourth quote in the handout is a good example

  • Free Hamlet Essays: Use of Deception in Hamlet

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    uses deception to protect himself from being prosecuted for his crime of killing the King. No one knows what the deal is with Gertrude because she deceives everybody by keeping to herself all the time keeping everyone from knowing anything. By using quotes from the book I will prove how these two (Claudius and Gertrude) and among a few others , use deception for different reasons and in different ways. A lot of the times it is to protect someone, or themselvs because they believe that the truth will

  • Literature and Life in Of Human Bondage

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    Bondage, the reader comes across a truly magnificent quote on page 627.  This quote is: "He had lived always in the future, and the present always, always had slipped through his fingers."  In and of itself, this is a very powerful quote.  However, it can be given even more power and significance if a person can relate this quote to their own life and experiences.  I myself, after reading this quote, was instantly able to identify with it. This quote describes the middle school years and my early high

  • Desire Under The Elms

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    God being a strong god is important to the story. He tells about how hard he had to work to make the farm a good place to live. “When yew kin make corn sprout out o’ stones, God’s livin’ in yew.” This quote is an allusion to how if you work hard and believe in God you can do whatever you want. The quote is important to the story because it helps develop the character of Cabot and it tells the reader what kind of man Cabot is. It shows that he is strong, tough, and has a strong belief in God. Another

  • Phaedrus

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    the most powerful claims in the entire text is that of how madness is essential to pursue virtually everything, including Phaedrus’ beloved wisdom. In the quote Socrates is not suggesting or insinuating an aspect of his lesson; he is not merely attempting to get Phaedrus to think, as he so often does in this text, but right here in this quote Socrates declares his love for the ability to be mad. The ability to want something so bad, so vehemently, is what Socrates flat out told Phaedrus, is nothing

  • An Unforgettable Teacher

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    I remember my fourth grade year as if it were yesterday. My homeroom teacher, Mr. Anderson, would stand at the front of the room each morning at 9:15, and wait patiently for us to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Then, like clockwork, at exactly 9:17, as my class of 28 sat down, he would set up a magic trick, pretending each day that something was going wrong during the set-up. As Mr. Anderson did this, he would often tell us a story that in some way or another related to the

  • Epiphany as Seen in Incident and Salvation

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    be disrupted suddenly by something new, forcing us into painful reevaluation. These disruptions create pain, anxiety, and terror by also wisdom and awareness.” This self-explanatory quote can also be called an epiphany. Two literary works that support this quote are “Incident” and “Salvation.” This quote has also proven true in my life when an unexpected death in the family awakened me. In the short poem “Incident” the main character experiences an epiphany. The little eight-year-old