Quotes 761 till 780 of 942.
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There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.
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There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.
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There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands.
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There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.
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There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.
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There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.
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There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.
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There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
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There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.
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There paused to shut the door
A fellow called the Wind,
With mystery before,
And reticence behind.Source: At the Granite Gate -
There's an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.
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There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap.
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There's no doubt about it that Mubarak has been indeed a partner with Israel, but there's also no doubt about something else. Conditions in Egypt were getting worse and worse, and it was almost just a matter of time before the popular uprising started.
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There's something to be learned by listening and absorbing and watching before you start telling the people who have been there how to rearrange chairs.
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They're talking about a movie I don't want to hold to that because in this business you can talk about things for years before they get done - god knows if the financing would happen.
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Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.
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Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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This boy is dead now, I knew it before taking him in my arms, I can remember his face, his suffering, his voice.
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This is a serious storm that has caused serious damage in our state... We're pleased we haven't seen breaches in the levees. We're pleased we haven't seen major flooding in New Orleans or the places that flooded before. But there are serious challenges.
Source: The Washington Post, published September 2, 2008
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