Quotes 121 till 140 of 306.
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If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause.
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If the markets had behaved badly, that would obviously add to people's sense of alarm... but there has been a lot of reassurance coming, particularly in the way the Brits handled all this. There seems to be no great fear that something like that is going to happen here.
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If the secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader.
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If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
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If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
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If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
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If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time.
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If you play bridge badly you make your partner suffer, but if you play poker badly you make everybody happy.
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If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses.
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In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time.
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In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.
Contact (1985) Ch. 24 (p. 431) -
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
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In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.
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In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.
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Indeed much of the literature written about black folks in the post-civil rights era emphasized the need for jobs. Material advancement was deemed the pressing agenda. Mental health concerns were not a high priority. - From (2003) Rock My Soul
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Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.
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It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
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