Quotes with 4-and-a-half

Quotes 3641 till 3660 of 25323.

  • Anita Hill But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Bobby Seale But I think people, especially white people, have to come to understand that the language of the ghetto is a language of its own, and as the party- whose members for the most part come from the ghetto- seeks to talk to the people, it must speak the people's language.
    Interview with The Guardian (February 1970)
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • Andy Hertzfeld But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.
    Andy Hertzfeld
    American software engineer and innovator (1953 - )
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  • Buddy Rich But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Bernhard Langer But I think the guys are very happy to accommodate the people and that's part of golf in general.
    Bernhard Langer
    German professional golfer (1957 - )
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  • Beatrice Wood But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
    Beatrice Wood
    American artist (1893 - 1998)
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  • William Shakespeare But I will be a bridegroom in my death, and run into a lover's bed.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Anne McCaffrey But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Adam Weishaupt But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
    Adam Weishaupt
    German philosopher (1748 - 1830)
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  • Ben Harper But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • J. G. Ballard But I wouldn't recommend writing. You can be a successful writer and never meet another soul. I'm not sure that's a good thing.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Alan Watts But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Bernice Johnson Reagon But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public.
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    American composer, scholar, and social activist (1942 - )
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  • Armistead Maupin But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Bootsy Collins But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Bonnie Hunt But I'm thrilled to be employed, and to work with all my friends and people that I admire. You're just lucky to work - that's the bottom line.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Abbey Lincoln But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.
    Abbey Lincoln
    American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress (1930 - 2010)
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  • Baruch Spinoza But if men would give heed to the nature of substance they would doubt less concerning the Proposition that Existence appertains to the nature of substance: rather they would reckon it an axiom above all others, and hold it among common opinions. For then by substance they would understand that which is in itself, and through itself is conceived, or rather that whose knowledge does not depend on the knowledge of any other thing.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Boris Johnson But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Billie Burke But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?
    Billie Burke
    American actress (1884 - 1970)
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