Quotes with --because

Quotes 2241 till 2260 of 2303.

  • James Baldwin You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Benny Green You know, there're no rules between Russell and I. We don't want to have to have to talk too much, because it's really precious, really special to play music.
    Benny Green
    American musician
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  • Walker Percy You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
    Walker Percy
     
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  • Graham Swift You may have your suspicions, your fears, you may even believe there is something, somewhere, terribly, drastically wrong, but because someone else is in charge, because there is a part of the system above you which you don't know, you don't question it, you even distrust your own doubts.
    Graham Swift
    English writer (1949 - )
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  • J. M. Barrie You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.
    J. M. Barrie
     
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • George Bernard Shaw You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Al Goldstein You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly The New York Times and the Washington Post are not going to fight the fights that I do.
    Al Goldstein
    American pornographer (1936 - 2013)
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  • Phil McGraw You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
    Phil McGraw
    American television personality and author (1950 - )
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  • Carolina Herrera You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Caitlin Fitzgerald You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the sheer joy of those few moments you get every now and again where you're totally present. The rest is just struggle and misery.
    Caitlin Fitzgerald
    American actress and filmmaker
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  • Bono You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Bob Newhart You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Brande Roderick You still should enjoy the beach and going outside. Having a good time at the beach can still include being smart about protecting your skin because getting burned is no fun at all.
    Brande Roderick
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Brandon Routh You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film.
    Brandon Routh
    American actor (1979 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist You want to represent Christ well with doing you job, first and foremost, because that's what you're there to do.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Ben E. King You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Jerry Gillies You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.
    Jerry Gillies
    American writer
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  • Robert H. Schuller You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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  • Audre Lorde You'd better name yourself, because, if you don't others will do it for you.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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