Delicate Quotes - Page 24

... life is moral responsibility. Life is several other things, we do not deny. It is beauty, it is joy, it is tragedy, it is comedy, it is psychical and physical pleasure, it is the interplay of a thousand rude or delicate motions and emotions, it is the grimmest and the merriest motley of phantasmagoria that could appeal to the gravest or the maddest brush ever put to palette; but it is steadily and sturdily and always moral responsibility.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

Responsibility, Rude, Joy

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Kate Boo's reporting is a form of kinship. Abdul and Manju and Kalu of Annawadi will not be forgotten. She leads us through their unknown world, her gift of language rising up like a delicate string of necessary lights. There are books that change the way you feel and see; this is one of them. If we receive the fiery spirit from which it was written, it ought to change much more than that.

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Book, Light, Unknown Worlds

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Terry Farish seems to breathe the reader into the emotional spaces of war, exile, and refugee life. The Good Braider is a delicate stunning exploration of its young protagonist's life and heart.

Uma Krishnaswami

War, Heart, Emotional

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But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate, Longing to see the charmed door of dreams Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Dream, Twilight, Sleep

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1911). “The writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich”

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A film set is really delicate and people treat you very very well if you're an actor because they want you to be as comfortable as possible for you to do your work, but it really is just one in a team of many and usually 150 people.

Amanda Seyfried

Team, People, Actors

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You know men. We have delicate egos.

Cassandra Clare

Self Esteem, Men, Ego

Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.505, Simon and Schuster

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There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert into the pertness of a coxcomb; that, a consciousness, which the most delicate feelings produce, and the most extensive knowledge cannot always remove.

Henry Mackenzie

Two, Feelings, World

Henry Mackenzie (1836). “The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Mackenzie”, p.22

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I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties of emotions which I cannot seem to express in pop music, and it frustrates me. Maybe that's why I still search for other ways of expressing myself. Song writing is a limiting experience in some ways - writing down words that have to rhyme.

John Lennon

Song, Writing, Thinking

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The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.

Boyd K. Packer

Spiritual, Perfect, Words Of Wisdom

Boyd K. Packer (1998). “The shield of faith”, Bookcraft, Incorporated

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My diary entries during this period constantly refer to the importance of learning how to take criticism. If you shut yourself in your own little world, that will be the death of your theory. On the other hand, many of the criticisms you receive are pointless and simply reflect the view that anything new is bad. In such a delicate situation it is crucial to tread gingerly and be careful to appreciate the difference between pertinent and idiotic comments.

Joao Magueijo

Courage, Science, Views

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When I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my fears.

John J. Geddes

Soulmate, Thinking, Hands

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Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.

Auguste Escoffier

Food, Perfection, Attention

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Miss Lynn came around the corner of the row of lockers,glaring daggers. No, daggers would be too delicate a weapon for her.Glaring sledgehammers was probably more appropriate.

Kiersten White

Missing, Would Be, Daggers

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To learn your artistry and to be able to perfect that, is overwhelming. Especially when you are exuding love. The human emotion is a very delicate thing, so you have to be careful about how you present it because it can be kind of scary, or too overwhelming if you're not careful. So I try to just keep it love.

Whitney Houston

Delicate Things, Perfect, Scary

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I always try and mix High Street finds into my looks. It really doesn't matter how much something costs, it's the way you wear it! Fashion is about self expression, having fun, and occasionally being a little disposable. I really enjoy lots of stores that are found at local shopping malls. French Connection, Zara, and Topshop always interpret the fashions direct from the catwalk at affordable prices. This playsuit from Hoss Intropia is delicate, super sexy, and has a lingerie feel. I'd throw on a super soft, chunky cardigan and a pair of flat gladiator sandals.

Cat Deeley

Sexy, Fashion, Fun

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Kate Bernheimer's fiction offers a unique and delicate gift, the tempting mirage of a grace that constantly escapes. The Complete Tales of Merry Gold is an exceptional, lovely book, beautifully enigmatic, speaking a language that mysteriously evokes the unspoken.

Lydia Millet

Book, Unique, Grace

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Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces of music [...], some intimate, low-voiced, and delicate things in our mostly huge and roaring, glaring world?

Elizabeth Bishop

Art, Delicate Things, Roaring

Elizabeth Bishop (2008). “Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters”

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Topography displays no favorites; North's as near as West.
More delicate than the historians' are the map-makers' colors.

Elizabeth Bishop

Color, Topography, Maps

Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.5, Macmillan

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She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love and thought and joy.

William Wordsworth

Sweet, Heart, Humble

William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.66

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In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, with many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love, With every leaf a miracle - and from this bush in the dooryard, With delicate-color'd blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green, A sprig with its flower I break.

Walt Whitman

Strong, Flower, Heart

Walt Whitman (2013). “The Poems of Walt Whitman: Patriotic Poems”, p.22, eBookIt.com

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Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.

Remy de Gourmont

Hypocrisy, Modesty, Form

Remy de Gourmont (1920). “Philosophic Nights in Paris”

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To the Cold War veterans here, know that your steadfast efforts preserved a delicate balance, and, because of you, the global war that many feared never came to pass. We are thankful for you, as we are for all the veterans here with us.

Michael Mullen

War, Effort, Victory

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I never wanted to do just comedy or just drama; sometimes, going back and forth you can get yourself in trouble which happened to me on other things so you're always trying for a delicate balance - I also think that they compliment each other so well.

Mike Binder

Drama, Thinking, Always Trying

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The love of fame is too high and delicate a feeling in the mind to be mixed up with realities, it is a solitary abstraction. * * * A name "fast anchored in the deep abyss of time" is like a star twinkling in the firmament, cold, silent, distant, but eternal and sublime; and our transmitting one to posterity is as if we should contemplate our translation to the skies.

William Hazlitt

Stars, Reality, Sky

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The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labour.

Maya Angelou

Encouragement, Heart, Needs

Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.40, Random House

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