Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity. - Ambrose Bierce

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity. – Ambrose Bierce

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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. – Ambrose Bierce

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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. – Ambrose Bierce

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I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but Im so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting in the Spanish language. – Miguel Jontel Pimentel

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Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry. – Josiah Royce

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Other times you can get showy for three minutes, and thats OK with certain films. But that isnt right with an Ang Lee movie, you have to fit right in. You have to understand Ang, respect him and be part of the team and not be in charge of it – he is in charge of it. – Dennis Muren

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Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most. – Ethel Merman

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The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: its a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil. – Alain de Botton

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