Epitome Quotes

• What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?

  Lara St. John

  Passion, Sensual, Energy

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• Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

  Elie Wiesel

  Life, Power, Evil

  US News & World Report, October 27, 1986.

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• I am the epitome of what you dream to be and the reality of what you can't be.

  Behdad Sami

  Dream, Reality

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• She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

  Joseph Heller

  Sorrow

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

  Gerald R. Ford

  Drinking, Patriotic, Lunch

  Gerald R. Ford's remarks to the National Restaurant Association, in Chicago, Illinois, May 28, 1978.

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• We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.

  Earl Nightingale

  Success, Attitude, Failure

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• In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.

  Carl Jung

  Acceptance, Outlook On Life, Essence

  "Modern Man in Search of a Soul".

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• Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.

  Talib Kweli

  Rap, Hip Hop, Stupidity

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• I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell.

  Elizabeth Kim

  Walking Away, Heaven, Hell

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• It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome.

  Deborah Cox

  Dream, Eye, Voice

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• This is the most enormous extension of vision of which life is capable: the projection of itself into other lives. This is the lonely, magnificent power of humanity. It is . . . the supreme epitome of the reaching out.

  Loren Eiseley

  Lonely, Empathy, Humanity

  Loren Eiseley (2011). “The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature”, p.46, Vintage

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• Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Long, Praying

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.147, Barbour Publishing

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• Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.

  Carl Jung

  Happiness, Acceptance, Simple

  Carl Gustav Jung (2001). “Modern Man in Search of a Soul”, p.240, Psychology Press

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• Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.

  Daniel D. Palmer

  Spiritual, Men, Palms

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• A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe, a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible.

  Jean Giraudoux

  Golf, Space, House

  Jean Giraudoux (1964). “Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux”

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• If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Prayer, Long

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• To me, I'm the epitome of what a ghetto child is: I was raised by a single parent; I stayed in apartments my whole life; I don't think I've ever cut the grass.

  2 Chainz

  Children, Ghetto, Cutting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Winning, Two

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level.

  Deborah Cox

  Inspirational, Dance, Dream

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• I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Dream, Country, Done

  "Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award Winner". www.achievement.org. June 17, 1994.

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• Of many large volumes the index is the best portion and the usefullest. A glance through the casement gives whatever knowledge of the interior is needful. An epitome is only a book shortened; and as a general rule, the worth increases as the size lessens.

  Robert Aris Willmott

  Book, Giving, Size

  Robert Aris Willmott (1866). “Pleasures, Objects, and Advantages of Literature”, p.119

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• You must radiate success before it’ll come to you.

  Earl Nightingale

  Embodiment

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• If as we accept God is the perfect epitome of justice, mercy, goodness, and compassion, then our efforts to define the divine will through Sharia should be predicated on achieving a result that is merciful compassionate.

  Mark Durie

  Compassion, Perfect, Justice

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me.

  Patricia Briggs

  Reflection, Reality, Coyotes

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “River Marked”, p.159, Penguin

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• Humility is not weakness; it is the epitome of strength. Humility moves a person away from human, personal weakness and limitation into divine expression, strength, and expansion.

  Donald Curtis

  Moving, Humility, Expression

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