Quotes with back-wounding

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  • Sir William Temple Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • William John Bennett Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools
    William John Bennett
    American politician, and political theorist (1943 - )
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  • Anita Roddick Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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  • Bernie S. Siegel Part of my evolution has been to learn how painful most people's childhoods are. They grow up not liking themselves, not loving themselves. Ask people if they were lovable the minute they were born, and watch them sit back and have to think about it. One lady said, 'I suppose so.' That's painful.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Ben Stiller Paul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.
    Ben Stiller
    American actor, comedian, film producer, film director, and writer (1965 - )
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  • Alistair Cooke People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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  • Martha Gellhorn People may correctly remember the events of twenty years ago (a remarkable feat), but who remembers his fears, his disgusts, his tone of voice? It is like trying to bring back the weather of that time.
    Martha Gellhorn
    American novelist, travel writer, and journalist (1908 - 1998)
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  • Caroline B. Cooney People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.
    Caroline B. Cooney
    American author
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  • Lee Iacocca People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Bryce Harper People say, 'Weren't you deprived of your childhood?' No way. I would not take anything back at all. Everything about it was great. I got to go places, meet people, play baseball against older kids and better competition. I had a great time.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Barry Lopez People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.
    Barry Lopez
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Bruce Hornsby People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.
    Bruce Hornsby
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1954 - )
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  • James Baldwin People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • John Betjeman People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
    John Betjeman
    English poet, writer, and broadcaster (1906 - 1984)
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  • Brad Wenstrup Politicians - in both political parties - spend too much money. And they forget to focus on what matters most: fixing the economic mess they created and putting people back to work.
    Brad Wenstrup
    American politician, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Reserve" class="mw-redirect&# (1958 - )
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  • Ben Nicholson Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.
    Ben Nicholson
    English painter (1894 - 1982)
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  • Branford Marsalis Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.
    Branford Marsalis
    American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (1960 - )
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  • Malcolm X Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Malcolm X Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Piet Hein Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.
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