Quotes with down-on-his-luck

Quotes 1401 till 1420 of 3899.

  • Abraham Pais I knew all the time I was going to get through the war. It was completely irrational, a silly idea, but I was not going to lie down and get myself killed. I was going to get out of it.
    To Save A Life : Stories of Holocaust Rescue (2000)
    Abraham Pais
    Dutch-American physicist (1918 - 2000)
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  • Warren Mitchell I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my ''spaceship'' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Ben Hecht I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I know: If you're looking down at Earth, you're looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Brooke Burke I like feet. I definitely have a fetish. I love to see a man's bare foot, but its got to be taken care of. If they're not well manicured, you've got to wonder what the rest of him is like. I don't want to get in bed with somebody and feel his gnarly feet.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Lord George Byron I like his holiness very much, particularly since an order, which I understand he has lately given, that no more miracles shall be performed.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Winston Churchill I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Augustus Baldwin Longstreet I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek. His right eye was a little discoloured, and the blood flowed profusely from his wounds.
    Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
    American lawyer, minister, educator, and humorist (1790 - 1870)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Sylvia Plath I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.
    Sylvia Plath
    American poet (1932 - 1963)
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  • Napoleon I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • John Bunyan I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.
    John Bunyan
    British writer (1628 - 1688)
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  • Ben Jonson I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.
    The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio On William Shakespeare
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Bryan Ferry I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.
    Bryan Ferry
    English singer and songwriter (1945 - )
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  • Bruce Oldfield I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.
    Bruce Oldfield
    British fashion designer (1950 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I met her in a Kingstown bar.
    We fell in love, I knew it had to end.
    We took what we had and we ripped it apart.
    Now here I am down in Kingstown again.
    The River (1980) Hungry Heart
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Victor Hugo I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes - and the stars through his soul.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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