"I know the cause of all human disappointment -- worldly prejudice."
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"Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy -- love which creates life?"
"I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process."
"Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have… redemption songs; redemption songs."
"Aristotle says that metaphor causes the mind to experience itself in the act of making a mistake."
"A proper saute pan should cause serious head injury if brought down hard against someone else's skull. If you have any doubts about which will dent, the victim's head or your pan, then throw that pan right in the trash."
"Motives are causes experienced from within."
"The causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic."
"Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters."
"He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas"
"A good cause has to be careful of the company it keeps."
"All these companies that grew to any sizable proportions were all founded with a belief or a cause bigger than their products or services. It was their products or services that helped them bring that cause to life."
"In a just cause it is right to be confident."
"To venture causes anxiety. Not to venture is to lose oneself."
"My Nan had a plastic hip put in, but I thought she should have replaced it with a Slinky, 'cause if she fell down the stairs again."
"The cause of today is the effect of the past and the cause for the future."
"There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind."
"Let people catch something from your heart that will cause no discomfort, but help them to sing."
"You can’t stop my voice cause You don't own my life but Do what you want (with my body)"
"I condemn, for all climes and for all times, secret murders and unfair methods even for a fair cause."