Quotes with back-bite

Quotes 81 till 100 of 840.

  • Carl Sandburg And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
    Chicago l. 10 (1916)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • George William Curtis Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.
    George William Curtis
    American journalist (1824 - 1892)
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  • Henry Miller Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Buzz Aldrin Any observations from the Moon or a sense of realising this or that about the greater meaning of things wasn't as influential for me as the experience of coming back and dealing with being a person who's been to the Moon.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Carlo Rubbia Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice.
    Carlo Rubbia
    Italian physicist and inventor (1934 - )
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  • Jeanette Winterson Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence.
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg As a father and an ex-wrestler, it's a dream come true. To be able to come back and be included in 'WWE 2K17,' it's a huge honor.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong in the whole course of my life. Of course they only say it behind my back.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bruce Eric Kaplan As an adult, it's hard for me to remember my mother before her sickness. But if I go back into childhood, I can access that.
    Bruce Eric Kaplan
    American cartoonist
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  • Boomer Esiason As both a local resident and a parent with a CF-afflicted child, I'm thankful for companies like Canon, Chase and Outback who believe that giving back to the community is critical to their role as corporate citizens.
    Boomer Esiason
    American football player (1961 - )
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  • Bill Dedman As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards in their wallets.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bo Sanchez As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn't afford to be poor, because unlike St. Francis, I'm not celibate. I was enlightened that God's call to me was not poverty but generosity and simplicity. And I had to go back to the lesson I learned from my parents: that is, simplicity.
    Bo Sanchez
    Filippine author, lay pastor and entrepreneur (1966 - )
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  • Bjorn Borg As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.
    Bjorn Borg
    Swedish tennis player (1956 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Bill Rancic Ask any successful person to look back over the events of his or her life, and chances are there'll be a turning point of one kind or another. It doesn't matter if that success has come on a ball field or in a boardroom, in a research laboratory or on a campaign trail - it can usually be traced to some pivotal moment.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Alanis Morissette At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Carlo Collodi At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage.
    Pinocchio
    Carlo Collodi
    Italian author, humorist and journalist (1826 - 1890)
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  • Bill Goldberg At this time, the only thing that would get me back in the ring is something that would positively impact those in need. If selling out another major event would allow me to bring a ship full of supplies to hand out to those in need, I'd say that would be very significant.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen Baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young 'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run.
    Born to Run (1974)
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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