The only thing I have retained from my upbringing - I did not retain the religious element - is the idea that you do not do things for money.
The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long.
No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
Children who were very truly pious in a Catholic childhood are apt to retain a nostalgia for the absolute.
I shall not be deprived ... of a comfort in the worst event, if I retain a consciousness of having acted to the best of my judgment.
Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.
If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.
I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.
I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.
While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.
That's something that I think the best artists retain - the ability to invite you into their small, intimate inner space, and let that be what radiates.
God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh.
What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?
To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.
It is right that people and businesses retain as much of their own money as possible so that they have the freedom to innovate and invest in the future.
Indeed, though people increasingly learn and interact online, we retain a fundamental need to engage in person.
Help the companion who is insecure; perhaps they do not have enough to supply their needs, while you retain an excess.
The proper response toward what we occasionally imagine to be democracy, methinks, is to retain one's self-respect by not participating in it.
As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.
Intelligence services all over the world, in order to retain their competitive edge, have to adapt or they won't survive.
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Liberals retain a totemic attachment to the Freudian idea that traumatic toilet training is destiny.
What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
Promises retain men better than services; for hope is to them a chain, and gratitude a thread.
Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity.
If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important Rule of Beauty. “Who cares?”
Experience is bitter, but its teachings we retain; It has taught me this--who once has loved, loves never on earth again!
When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention.
One newspaper a day ought to be enough for anyone who still prefers to retain a little mental balance.
Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.
To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.
I would not be able to retain all the information, all the medical jargon these doctors do. I'm not really intelligent enough is what I'm saying.
Cancer is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes.
We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige
True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.
If I retain any freshness of approach, it's by going slowly having long intervals between finished projects.
To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.
Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.
I don't really retain much from the first couple semesters of my criminal justice studies.
Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin; they would gladly do what they forbid.
Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.
European businesses will want to retain free-trade access to the U.K. - their biggest export market.
'Retirement' is a dirty word. Luckily, I can carry on working until I drop, provided I retain my mental abilities.
The kickboxing and the martial arts is so fun. It's like anything in school. You're not going to retain information unless you're interested in it.
A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.
We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.
Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.
There are a lot of old-fashioned things we perpetuate that come from a world that's not digital, not interactive, and not online, and we try to retain it.
Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.
I really don't retain information - by the time I arrive wherever I'm going, I already forget what it is that I wanted to say.
I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.
Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.
If Monaco retain the ambition of winning trophies in France and Europe - and that's why I came here - I will be delighted to stay.
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