I sometimes feel that a pattern is almost a fashion statement in itself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and, of course, the boogieman.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

I came to the conviction that film criticism, in and of itself, was an art.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

Brexit was a fantastic example of a nation shooting itself full in the face.

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.

Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

Animation in itself has so many different looks and styles and possibilities.

Hate is only a form love that hasn't found a way to express itself logically.

To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation.

Sometimes simple accessories are all you need when your dress speaks for itself.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

The challenge itself is to exceed certain high standards you've set for yourself.

I always believe that the most important part of a journey is the journey itself.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.

Waste paper is like a forest - paper recycles itself, generation after generation.

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