Quotes with check

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  • Bruce Forsyth I'm the Joker of the pack, which makes me such a lucky Jack and if you like things that come in pairs, check out my fabulous Croupiers.
    Play Your Cards Right When introducing his two Dolly Dealers on the newe
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Bob Dylan I've been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, ''Okay, you've been up on the mountain, now you go down. You're on your own, free. Check in later, but now you're on your own.''
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bernard Bailyn In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the conduct of public affairs. No longer merely an ultimate check on government, they were in some sense the government.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 173
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Bill Gurley It's not for everybody to tweet, it's for everybody to follow. The more people figure that out, they see it's RSS-plus. It's literally the place you check for information.
    Bill Gurley
    American businessman (1966 - )
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  • Barbara Lee Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.
    Barbara Lee
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • M. C. Escher Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.
    M. C. Escher
    Dutch artist (1898 - 1972)
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  • John Louis O'Sullivan Other nations have tried to check... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.
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  • Carolyn Kizer Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerned with our surfaces.
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  • Walt Disney People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Martin Luther King Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • William Proxmire Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
    William Proxmire
    American politician (1915 - 2005)
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  • Bruno Mars Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Silas Weir Mitchell The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victim's check-books.
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  • Amy Goodman The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
    Amy Goodman
    American broadcast journalist, columnist and author (1957 - )
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  • Dorothy Parker The two most beautiful words in the English language are: ''Check Enclosed.''
    Dorothy Parker
    American humoristic writer (1893 - 1967)
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  • Ben Rattray There are a lot of complaints by the older generation about the lack of action in this generation. My retort: give these people something to be engaged in. Cutting a check is not engaging.
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  • Bob Dylan They already expect you to just give a check to tax-deductible charity organization.
    Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Sir Richard Steele To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.
    Sir Richard Steele
    British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor (1672 - 1729)
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  • Andrew Jackson Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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