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  • Henry David Thoreau I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.
    Walden Ch 2
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Rose F. Kennedy I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?
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  • Armistead Maupin I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Atom Egoyan I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Lord George Byron I have always laid it down as a maxim - and found it justified by experience - that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex - but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Alva Myrdal I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Greg LeMond I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying.
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  • Lily Tomlin I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
    Lily Tomlin
    American Comedienne (1939 - )
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  • Bruce Sutter I have an older son, Josh, and growing up, he just didn't care that much for baseball. And that was fine. But Chaddie, he always wanted to go to the ballpark. He just kind of took to it right away.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I have bad-mom moments all the time. Sometimes I have the wrong reaction, but I try to remember to pull back and think about it. Even when I make the mistake, I'm able to then go, 'Oh, okay, let's do this again.'
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Assata Shakur I have been a political activist most of my life and many groups have attempted to label me as a criminal because of my outspoken beliefs. I am not a criminal and I have never been one.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Abu Bakr I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.
    Abu Bakr
    Companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (573 - 634)
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  • Adam Brody I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff - kissing - is kind of commonplace and not a big deal. It was way more cool just because it was Meg Ryan.
    Adam Brody
    American actor, writer, musician, and producer (1979 - )
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  • Antonio Porchia I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.
    Antonio Porchia
    Argentinian poet (1885 - 1968)
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  • Marilyn Monroe I have been on a calendar, but never on time.
    Marilyn Monroe
    American actress (1926 - 1962)
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  • Robert E. Lee I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
    Robert E. Lee
    American legeraanvoerder (1807 - 1870)
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  • Patrick Henry I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
    Patrick Henry
    American attorney, planter, and orator (1736 - 1799)
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  • Audre Lorde I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
    The Black Unicorn: Poems (1995) 22
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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