Quotes with down-on-his-luck

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  • Aristotle I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Oscar Wilde I dare say that if I knew him I should not be his friend at all. It is a very dangerous thing to know one's friends.
    The remarkable Rocket
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Homer I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another.
    Homer
    Greek poet (850 - 750)
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  • Dudley Nichols I devoutly believe it is the writer who has matured the film medium more than anyone else in Hollywood. Even when he knew nothing about his work, he brought at least knowledge of life and a more grown-up mind, a maturer feeling about the human being.
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  • Mark Twain I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. [About a politician who had recently died]
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • George Washington Carver I didn't make these discoveries... God has only worked through me to reveal to His children some of His wonderful providence.
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor (1864 - 1943)
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  • Annie Leibovitz I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.
    Annie Leibovitz
    American portrait photographer (1949 - )
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  • Anne Hutchinson I do here speak it before the court. I look that the Lord should deliver me by his providence.
    Anne Hutchinson
    American religious reformer and activist
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  • Robert Benchley I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.
    Robert Benchley
    American humorist, criticus (1889 - 1945)
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  • Henry Ford I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his ''divine service.''
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • William Shakespeare I do not much dislike the matter, but the manner of his speech.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Salvador Dali I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Malcolm X I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his.
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X (2015)
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Lucille Ball I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
    Lucille Ball
    American actress, producer (1911 - 1989)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bruce Dickinson I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • Action Bronson I don't put people down. I build people up. That's how I always wanna be looked at.
    Action Bronson
    American rapper (1983 - )
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  • Samuel Goldwyn I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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