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Quotes 1921 till 1940 of 3862.

  • Bob Kerrey Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
    Bob Kerrey
    American politician (1943 - )
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  • Mario Puzo Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
    Mario Puzo
    American author, screenwriter and journalist (1920 - 1999)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963, the World War II veteran had been fired as a truck driver for a bakery, after one of his supervisors accused him of harassment.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • A. N. Wilson Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Anita Brookner Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • John Irving Like many successful people he made good use of disappointments - responding to them with energy, with near-frenzied activity, rather than needing to recover from them.
    Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (1996) 248
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Bill Burr Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn't work out. But maybe because it didn't work out, that's why I ended up on 'Breaking Bad;' I don't know.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Marquise de Merteuil Like most intellectuals, he is immensely stupid.
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  • A. J. P. Taylor Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Bill Dedman Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking honest.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bruce Coville Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders.
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Joseph Heller Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
    Joseph Heller
    American author (1923 - 1999)
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  • Steven Wright Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Lord George Byron Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Robin George Collingwood Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Bainbridge Colby Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • John Dryden Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Albert J. Nock Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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