Quotes with -they

Quotes 1961 till 1980 of 5636.

  • Arthur Henderson In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Bruno Tonioli In America they like my spicy TV alter ego, probably because there were a lot of Italians and Hispanics in the country, but the real L.A. life is a hard-working one.
    Bruno Tonioli
    Italian choreographer and dancer (1955 - )
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  • Caitlin Thomas In America they make too much fuss of poets; in London they make too little.
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  • Ben Katchor In America, there's a very long tradition of a comic strip that comes in newspapers, which is not true all over the world. To sell papers, they put color comics in.
    Ben Katchor
    American cartoonist and illustrator (1951 - )
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  • Quentin Crisp In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Barry Schwartz In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.
    Barry Schwartz
    American psychologist (1946 - )
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  • Terry Pratchett In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
    Terry Pratchett
    English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works (1948 - 2015)
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  • Bun E. Carlos In April of 1976, Epic Records was flying out to sign us when I tripped over a light case after a gig and broke my arm. We called the next morning and said, 'Don't go to the airport - Bun E. broke his arm.' They thought Mercury or someone was trying to sign us, so they offered us, like, $25,000 more on top of the deal.
    Bun E. Carlos
    American drummer (1950 - )
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  • Matthew Prior In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
    Matthew Prior
    British diplomat, poet (1664 - 1721)
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  • Paul Gauguin In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
    Paul Gauguin
    French artist (1848 - 1903)
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  • Woody Allen In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Mark Twain In Boston they ask, ''How much does he know?'' In New York, ''How much is he worth?'' In Philadelphia, ''Who were his parents?''
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Ben Rattray In college, I was always disappointed by lectures that covered social problems but failed to identify what I could do to change them. Part of the problem was that many professors simply didn't believe they had a role in converting awareness to action.
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  • Bobby Farrelly In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.
    Bobby Farrelly
    American film director, screenwriter and producer (1958 - )
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  • Bernard Bailyn In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the conduct of public affairs. No longer merely an ultimate check on government, they were in some sense the government.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 173
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Brooks Atkinson In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
    Once around the sun (1951)
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Candice Glover In every interview, when they would ask me who should be a judge, I would always say Harry Connick, Jr., so I think I had something to do with him becoming a judge! He has a blunt, dry sense of humor. You never know if he's joking or not, and I think that's going to catch a lot of people by surprise.
    Candice Glover
    American R&B singer and actress (1989 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Birgitte Hjort Sorensen In film or TV work, you can have this amazingly dramatic pause, and they'll just edit it out.
    Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
    Danish actrice (1982 - )
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  • Bidzina Ivanishvili In Georgia, people had already understood that communism couldn't survive, and I came to the institute in Moscow, and people still believed in it. They were completely different people, and I found it very difficult psychologically.
    Bidzina Ivanishvili
    Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist (1956 - )
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