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Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.
This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Civilization needs a new operating system.
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.
I pushed the envelope as far as it needed to be pushed, and now it's on the floor, and people seem to want it to stay there.
It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.
My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the truth, I feel the same way.
U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.
Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not.
I personally don't like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.
The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters.
I must say, I wouldn't turn down a superhero role, although there do seem to be a lot of British actors out there doing that.
In our 21st-century celebrity culture, we seem to demand an all-or-nothing verdict on any departing figure of public stature.
The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
I think the great thing about working for Marvel is no matter who is in the driver's seat, they seem to be making good stuff.
The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
Today, we seem to be striving towards injustice, applauding it as though it's a worthy dream, made sacred by the caste system.
I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.
Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.
It is our common experience as human beings that the results of social forces seem to admit only of 'probabilistic' predictions.
People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well.
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist; the good are ever too luke-warm.
Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.
I'm very comfortable with uncomfortable situations, and I think that can seem odd to people, that I like the thrill of discomfort.
The one thing people seem to forget is the more oil we have, the lower the price and the lower the profits the oil companies make.
I would hope that young girls could relate to me and see that the lives of people on the internet are not as perfect as they seem.
I've never been interested in philosophy, but some of Jung's ideas seem useful in helping people understand pictures and so forth.
What's happened at 85 is I've lost my appetite. I used to be a little hog when I was young. But now I really don't seem to need it.
Movable type seemed magical to the monks who were illuminating manuscripts and copying texts. Certainly e-books seem magical to me.
It is true I am rather taken up with dress; but as to feathers, every one wears them, and it would seem extraordinary if I did not.
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.
My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
If I were living in France, I'd vote for Jacques Chirac, despite the fact that he can't seem to keep his hands out of the cash till.
Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching.
Enlightened despots are mythical creatures; real despots seem more interested in stealing money or installing their sons after them.
When you know it's a game, you can have more fun playing it. When things seem serious, you tend to take less risk and have less fun.
Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.
My kids seem to be more mature and older than I am now somehow. They've gotten ahead of me somehow. But they're very patient with me.
Some guys seem to jump right out and win tournaments, but for me, I've been the kind of player who is getting a bit better each year.
It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.
I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.
Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn't give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn't seem right.
My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write a poem! Make a print!
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
We live in a science fictional world with things like cloning and face transplants, and things seem to be getting stranger and stranger.
I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.
One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.