Quotes with born-yesterday

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  • Judy Garland We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
    Judy Garland
    American singer and actress (1922 - 1969)
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  • Carl Rowan We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the ;status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.
    Carl Rowan
    American government official, journalist and author (1925 - 2000)
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  • Carl Sandburg We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle We have already begun to fly; several persons, here and there, have found the secret to fitting wings to themselves, of setting them in motion, so that they are held up in the air and are carried across streams.... The art of flying is only just being born; it will be perfected, and some day we will go as far as the moon.
    Entretiens sur la Pluralite des Mondes Habite
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Henry David Thoreau We were born to succeed, not to fail.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Olive Schreiner We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
    Olive Schreiner
    South African author and anti-war campaigner (1855 - 1920)
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  • William Shakespeare We were not born to sue, but to command.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Orson Welles We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Bill Murray We're born alone. We do need each other. It's lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that's part of your obligation.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Arthur Rock Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.
    Arthur Rock
    American businessman and investor (1926 - )
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  • Ben Hecht What better is there to sigh for than happiness, yesterday's or tomorrow's.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Pearl S. Buck What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Bill Buford What is New York? A straightforward answer: seven million people crushed onto an island originally settled by the Dutch. But it's more than that. These are seven million who were, mainly, not even born here.
    Bill Buford
    American author and journalist
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  • Buddha What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Luigi Pirandello Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow.
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • W. H. Auden When a succesful author analyzes the reasons for his success, he generally underestimates the talent he was born with, and overestimates his skill in employing it.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Baltasar Gracián When desire dies, fear is born.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • George S. Kaufman When I was born I owed twelve dollars.
    George S. Kaufman
    American playwright, director and producer (1889 - 1961)
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