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A liberal conservative is a man who thinks things ought to progress but would rather they remained as they are.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their silence at times of crisis.
— Dan Brown
Not only are the varieties of morality innumerable, but some of them are conflicting with each other.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am ... only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.
— Ernesto Che Guevara
The things which cannot be adequately represented by words are more important than those which can.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.
— James Gandolfini
It was a sort of ferocious, quiet beauty, the sort that wouldn't let you admire it. The sort of beauty that always hurt.
— Maggie Stiefvater
Originally consists in thinking for yourself, and not in thinking unlike other people.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
Power and courtly influence form an intoxicating draught even when raised to the lips of an ascetic and a saint.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
If at the end of our time together you find yourself walking out with just what you walked in with, you will have wasted your time.
— Harrison Owen
Terrors can be mirrors, too.
— Gregory Benford
You can't walk on water holding all that weight, it just makes you sink right down. Let it go.
— Jenny B. Jones
Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
Forget impressing the girl, just do it for yourself!
— John Badham
Only super-efforts count.
— G.I. Gurdjieff
To try to make men equal by altering social arrangements is like trying to make the cards of equal value by shuffling the pack.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
There's a reason they call it a private life, I'd often say to interviewers. But there's a fine line between being private and being ashamed. The
— Portia De Rossi