“ The saying "Getting there is half the fun" became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines. ”
- Henry J. Tillman- Copy
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“ We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering that it was an acquired one. ”
- Charles Lamb- Copy
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“ No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern; no idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated. ”
- Ellen Glasgow- Copy
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“ Sure, of all days that ever were dated,Valentine's Day is the fullest of news; — Then ev'ry lass expects to be matedAnd Cupid goes round collecting his dues! ”
- Thomas Hood- Copy
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“ As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs. ”
- Joseph Conrad- Copy
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“ When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something. ”
- Ursula Andress- Copy
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“ All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. ”
- Helena Bonham Carter- Copy
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“ It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all. ”
- James Stewart- Copy
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“ Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. ”
- Margaret Atwood- Copy
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“ Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age. ”
- Lord Chesterfield- Copy
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“ How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! The book exists for us, perchance, that will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer… ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of a man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind? ”
- Maria Montessori- Copy
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“ One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for something else. In fact, arguments often serve the purpose of using up energy, so that the couple do not have to take the courageous, creative leap into an unknown they fear… ”
- Gay Hendricks- Copy
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“ The theater itself is so archaic and old fashioned, that it doesn't really matter to me whether it's on Avenue D or at the Helen Hayes Theater. What's the difference? It's still a very nostalgic form. Also, it means you're knowingly walking into a room where there's actors… ”
- Fran Lebowitz- Copy
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“ Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man's discovery of fire. This basic force of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight; Casting a dim religious light. ”
- John Milton- Copy
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“ Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian. ”
- Fran Lebowitz- Copy
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