Quotes with best-dressed

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  • Tom Hanks My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels - we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. [Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia]
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  • Bruce Coville My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Marquis de Custine Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.
    Marquis de Custine
    French aristocrat and writer
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  • Carl Sandburg Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • John Ruskin Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Owen Felltham Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.
    Owen Felltham
    English writer (1602 - 1668)
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  • Marvin Gaye Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.
    Marvin Gaye
    American singer and songwriter (1939 - 1984)
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  • Richard Whately Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Aaron Burr Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
    Aaron Burr
    American politician and lawyer (1756 - 1836)
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  • Henrik Ibsen Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • George Borrow Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
    George Borrow
    English writer of novels and travel books (1803 - 1881)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Solon No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
    Solon
    Greek statesman (638 - 558)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt No man needs sympathy because he has to work. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • John Steinbeck No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
    John Steinbeck
    American author (1902 - 1968)
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  • An Wang No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.
    An Wang
    Chinese–American computer engineer and inventor (1920 - 1990)
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  • Ben Carson No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Russell H. Conwell No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.
    Russell H. Conwell
    American Baptist minister, lawyer, and writer
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