Quotes with also-ran

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  • Bill Richardson Had I stayed longer in some primaries, I would have probably done better in states like Nevada, California, and New Mexico - but I ran out of the money after the second primary in New Hampshire.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Bob Weinstein Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
    Bob Weinstein
    American film producer (1954 - )
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  • Franklin Pierce Adams Hast thou virtue? Acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.
    Source: Poor Richard
    Franklin Pierce Adams
    American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit (1881 - 1960)
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  • Walt Whitman Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Alan K. Simpson He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president.
    Alan K. Simpson
    American politician (1931 - )
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  • Seneca He that does good to another does good also to himself.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • C. A. R. Hoare Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors.
    Source: Hints on Programming Language Design, December 1973
    C. A. R. Hoare
    British computer scientist
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  • Busta Rhymes Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Ben Shapiro Historically, professors have defended tenure as a way to protect their individualistic thought. But tenure can also be used as a club to wield against the powerless.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Alfred de Musset How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.
    Alfred de Musset
    French writer (1810 - 1857)
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  • Albert Camus Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future -and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Ann Veneman I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Anne McCaffrey I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Stokely Carmichael I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that. Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me.
    Stokely Carmichael
    American activist (1941 - 1998)
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  • Alice Hoffman I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.
    Alice Hoffman
    American novelist (1952 - )
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  • Alice Hoffman I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.
    Alice Hoffman
     
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  • W. C. Fields I always keep a supply of liquor handy in case I see a snake - which I also keep handy.
    W. C. Fields
    American Actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I am a patient man - always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance. Still I must save this government if possible.
    Source: Letter to Reverdy Johnson (26 July 1862).
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Anne Sexton I am not immortal. Faustus and I are the also-ran.
    Anne Sexton
    American poet (1928 - 1974)
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