Quotes 1401 till 1420 of 5636.
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I could be accused of being a wannabe tribesman, of wanting to be a tribal dude, but that is not how I see it. I see it as me doing what they wanted me to do, showing them respect and hanging out with them.
As quoted in Do you really want to be in our tribe? in The Telegraph (1 March 2005) -
I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
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I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.
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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
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I discovered a long time ago that if I helped people get what they wanted, I would always get what I wanted and I would never have to worry.
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I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
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I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
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I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
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I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.
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I do not think athletes should get a free pass. I don't think we should train our children and future athletes to believe that they are above the law and morality.
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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom.
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I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear - the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.
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I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.
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I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.
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I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.
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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.
Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Irish military leader and statesman, defeated Napoleon (1769 - 1852) -
I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs. But for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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