Quotes with ago-they

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  • Bob Schieffer At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.
    Bob Schieffer
    American television journalist (1937 - )
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  • Angela Merkel At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not a stability union. Each country has to take its own steps to reduce its debt.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracián Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Samuel Johnson Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as the day declines, to find that it has been spent with the approbation of mankind.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Jonathan Miller Attitudes to museums have changed. If it had Marilyn Monroe's knickers or Laurence Olivier's jockstrap they would flock to it.
    Jonathan Miller
    English theatre and opera actor, author and television presenter (1934 - )
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  • Cameron Mackintosh Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still be performed when I'm dead, buried and forgotten. They're going to absolutely outlive me, which is a wonderful thing to think about.
    Cameron Mackintosh
    British theatrical producer and theatre owner (1946 - )
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  • Robertson Davies Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.
    Robertson Davies
    Canadian novelist and journalist (1913 - 1995)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • C. J. Cherryh Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.
    Source: Invader (1995)
    C. J. Cherryh
    American writer (1942 - )
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  • Horace Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Barbara Bush Avoid this crowd like the plague. And if they quote you, make damn sure they heard you.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Alan Jay Lerner Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
    Alan Jay Lerner
    American film screenwriter (1918 - 1986)
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  • Alan Jay Lerner Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
    Alan Jay Lerner
    American screenwriter and songwriter (1918 - 1986)
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  • Benjamin Cohen Back then, I could be as obnoxious as I liked and people would still come back for more, they had to, I was Benjamin Cohen, the Dot Com sensation.
    Benjamin Cohen
    American economist (1937 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carroll Baker Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.
    Carroll Baker
     
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  • Simon Sinek Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.
    Simon Sinek
    British-American author, motivational speaker and marketing consultant (1973 - )
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  • Bob Diamond Banks hold deposits and savings entrusted to them by individuals, by businesses, by governments and by central banks. They put that money to work, helping people to buy homes, for example, or lending to businesses to invest in expansion.
    Bob Diamond
    Anglo-American banker (1951 - )
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