Quotes with down-on-his-luck

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  • John Dryden Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Aldo Leopold Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
    Aldo Leopold
    American author, philosopher, naturalist and conservationist, (1887 - 1948)
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  • Homer Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
    Homer
    Greek poet (850 - 750)
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  • Harry Emerson Fosdick Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    American minister (1878 - 1969)
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  • Bruce Springsteen Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free?
    If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me
    Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making his way down the street?
    If you've ever seen a one-legged dog then you've seen me.
    Working On A Dream (2009) The Wrestler
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Brad Feld Having read my share of tell-alls over the year, including some that were passed off as autobiographies, I mostly feel sad - sometimes for the writer and sometimes for all the people in his way. I hope that the process of writing the tell-all gives some release and closure on what clearly was an unpleasant and unfulfilling life experience.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Arthur Godfrey He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... '.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Emily Dickinson He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir He bores me. He ought to have stuck to his flying machine. [On Leonardo Da Vinci]
    Pierre-Auguste Renoir
    French painter (1841 - 1919)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • James Joyce He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Bille August He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.
    Bille August
    Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (1948 - )
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  • Barbara Castle He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
    Barbara Castle
    British Labour Party politician (1910 - 2002)
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  • Anthony Holden He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • John Lennon He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • George Bernard Shaw He didn't dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Norman Tebbit He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work.
    Norman Tebbit
    British politician (1931 - )
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  • Thomas à Kempis He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • James Graham He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
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