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«How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers»
«Nagging questions remain: Where is the line between making the most of one's potential and reaching for the unattainable? Where is the line between education as a tool and education as a kind of magic? The line is blurred and that is why when education fails, disillusionment is so bitter.»
Author: Henry Anatole Grunwald
| Keywords:
blur, blurred, blurring, blurs, disillusionment, nag, nagged, nagging
«If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.»
«Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting»
Author: Aeschylus
(Dramatist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
blow, blur, blurred, blurring, blurs, glitter, misfortune, paint a picture, prosperous, sponge, Sponges, wet
«My first impression as I opened the door was that a fire had broken out, for the room was so filled with smoke that the light of the lamp upon the table was blurred by it. As I entered, however, my fears were set at rest, for it was the acrid fumes of strong coarse tobacco which took me by the throat and set me coughing. Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.»
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
| Keywords:
acrid, armchair, armchairs, blurred, clay pipe, coarse, coil, coiled, Coils, coughing, dressing, dressing gown, dressing room, First Impressions, fume, fumes, haze, pipe, smoking room, tobacco
«No matter how noble the objective of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion - it is an evil government»
«The masses seem to me worthy of notice in only three respects: first as blurred copies of great men, produced on bad paper with worn plates, further as a resistance to the great, and finally as the tools of the great; beyond that, may the devil and s»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| Keywords:
blur, blurred, blurring, blurs, copies, masses, plates, produced, resistance, respects, The Masses, worn
«Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
| Keywords:
blur, blurred, blurring, blurs, continue, invincible, judgment, political, political power, The Invincible, trending, trends, unavoidably, winning, worship
«Courtney (Showing Carrie her book cover): Let me talk you through it. Blurred background, aah, fast-paced city. And you, naked with nothing but your ideas.Carrie: I get it. But, see, no matter how fast paced the city, I always manage to get my clothes on before I leave the apartment.»
Author: Sex and the City
(TV series)
| Keywords:
background, blur, blurred, blurring, blurs, Carrie, paced, talk show, Talk shows, The Apartment
«The English never draw a line without blurring it.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
Between the Lines, blur, blurred, blurring, blurs, draw, draw a line, draw the line, English, line, line up, On Line, the English
