"Merely quantitative differences, beyond a certain point, pass into qualitative changes."
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"There is a certain pleasure in weeping."
"There is a fear of voluptuousness that is itself voluptuous, just as a certain fear of death can itself be deadly."
"It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages, as it is that many, once general, are rejected by the present."
"It is absolutely certain that God does exist."
"You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it."
"When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others."
"We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously."
"We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore."
"The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible."
"A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate."
"The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around."
"Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure."
"What I state as certain is certain for me. It has approved itself as such in my experience. Let others consult their experience, and see how far it tallies with that which is here set forth."
"For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them."
"If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist."
"After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one's family traits become."
"Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor."
"Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time."
"Moderation is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take a certain amount of time off."