Quotes with alms-taking

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  • A. E. Housman Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists?
    And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?
    And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air?
    Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
    Additional Poems (1937) No. 18, st. 1
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Callie Khouri One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export.
    Callie Khouri
    American film and television (1957 - )
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  • J. G. Ballard Our lives today are not conducted in linear terms. They are much more quantified; a stream of random events is taking place.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Beverley Mitchell Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.
    Beverley Mitchell
    American actress and singer (1981 - )
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  • Audre Lorde Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Brooks Atkinson People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Louis de Bernieres People taking photographs of their meals are not critics; they are from the United States.
    Louis de Bernieres
    British novelist (1954 - )
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  • John Jay Chapman People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.
    John Jay Chapman
    American author (1862 - 1933)
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  • Eugene Wigner Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It is taking so long, in fact, to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve
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  • Robert Frost Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Gloria Steinem Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Bill Burr Rich people never go to war. You ask a college kid to go to war, and he's like, 'Umm, I'm taking this sociology class, and I think war is, like, really stupid, and my roommate's, like, half Afghani, so it's going to cause some static.'
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Fran Lebowitz Should you be a teenager blessed with uncommon good looks, document this state of affairs by the taking of photographs. It is the only way anyone will ever believe you in years to come.
    Social Studies (1981)
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Bob Latta Socialism is when government's taking care of you, you send all your money to the government, the government decides how to spend it instead of letting the people spend it and make all those decisions.
    Bob Latta
    American politician (1956 - )
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  • Brenda Ueland Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.
    Brenda Ueland
    American journalist, editor, and teacher
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  • Casey Wilson Somewhere along the way, I think I realised that taking yourself seriously is the worst thing that you can do in life, so once I let that go, I've just let it all go. I have no standard of personal dignity.
    Casey Wilson
    American actress, comedian, and screenwriter (1980 - )
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  • Bode Miller Sport is born clean and it would stay that way if it was the athletes who ran it for the pleasure of taking part, but then the fans and the media intervene and finish up by corrupting it with the pressure that they exercise.
    Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1]
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Anthony Robbins Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Al Bernstein Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.
    Al Bernstein
    American sportscaster, writer, stage performer and recording artist (1950 - )
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  • Brad Feld Taking a great new idea with an entrepreneurial team that wants to create something significant and trying to build a real company is what is interesting.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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