Quotes with back-wounding

Quotes 141 till 160 of 815.

  • Bill Burr Did you ever spell a word so bad that your spell check has absolutely no clue what you're trying to spell? What do you end up getting, you end up getting, like, a question mark. You got a million dollars of technology just looking back at you like, 'You got me, buddy. Which is pretty amazing because I have all the words.'
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Groucho Marx Do you think I could buy back my introduction to you?
    Groucho Marx
    American comic actor (1890 - 1977)
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  • Carl Sagan Do you understand what's going on?
    Not at all, he shouted back. I can almost prove this can't be happening.
    Source: Contact (1985) Ch. 19 (p. 330)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Don Herold Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.
    Don Herold
    American humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist (1889 - 1966)
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  • Carrie Vaughn Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.
    Carrie Vaughn
    American writer (1973 - )
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  • Boris Kodjoe Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you.
    Boris Kodjoe
    Austrian-American actor, producer (1973 - )
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  • Babe Ruth Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Satchel Paige Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
    Satchel Paige
    African-American baseball player (1906 - 1982)
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  • Augusto Pinochet During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.
    Augusto Pinochet
    Chilean general, politician and dictator (1915 - 2006)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Bill Bryson England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Caroline Wozniacki Even when my opponent hits a very good shot, I don't just want to get it back. I want to get it back so they have difficulty. And then I can control the point.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Anne Tyler Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Lenny Bruce Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
    Lenny Bruce
    American Comedian (1925 - 1966)
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  • Bruce Springsteen Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job is to make your audience care about your obsessions.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Camille Paglia Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Ralph Waldo Trine Every thought you entertain is a force that goes out, and every thought comes back laden with its kind.
    Ralph Waldo Trine
    American writer (1866 - 1958)
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  • Bob Brown Every time I get a bit worried about having made some second rate choices in life I go back and read about the Suffragettes or William Wilberforce, people who were 'wrong' in their own time, and think, 'Ah well.'
    Bob Brown
    Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist (1944 - )
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