Quotes with ago-they

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  • Ada Leverson Some men are born husbands; they have a passion for domesticity, for a fireside, for a home. Yet, curiously, these men very rarely stay at home. Apparently what they want is to have a place to get away from.
    Love at Second Sight (1916) Ch. xviii
    Ada Leverson
    British writer (1862 - 1933)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Herodotus Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
    Herodotus
    Greek historian (484 - 425)
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • George Bernard Shaw Some men see things as they are and say, ''Why?'' I of dream things that never were, and say, ''Why not?''
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • William Shakespeare Some men there are love not a gaping pig, some that are mad if they behold a cat, and others when the bagpipe sings I the nose cannot contain their urine.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Augustus William Hare Some men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their father's friend. They do not deny him; by no means: they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon them.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Fred A. Allen Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Billy Campbell Some of the best auditions I've ever had have been when my agent called and said, 'They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.' I'm not sitting there thinking for a week and a half, before I'm supposed to go in front of a network president to do something. That just gives you time to be nervous.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Art Spiegelman Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are.
    Art Spiegelman
    American cartoonist and editor (1948 - )
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  • Doug Larson Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
    Doug Larson
    American columnist and editor (1926 - 2017)
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  • Caleb Cushing Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People.
    Caleb Cushing
    American Democratic politician and diplomat (1800 - 1879)
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  • Alexander Pope Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Jeanne Moreau Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.
    Jeanne Moreau
    French actress (1928 - 2017)
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  • Barry Switzer Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
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  • Henry van Dyke Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Douglas Jerrold Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Edward Everett Hale Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
    Edward Everett Hale
    American author, historian, and Unitarian minister (0 - 1909)
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  • Bobby Hatfield Some people come to our shows and think they're gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they're pretty much surprised cause we do a lot of rock and roll.
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