Quotes with entertained

  • The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.

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  • Henry David Thoreau Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing institution - such call I good books.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bobby Davro As a family comedian, it is so wonderful seeing everyone from kids through to grandparents being entertained by you.
    Bobby Davro
    English actor and comedian (1958 - )
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  • Brett Ratner At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.
    Brett Ratner
    American director and producer (1969 - )
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  • John Powell Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease to be entertained.
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  • Jim Rohn Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Carl Clinton Van Doren Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained.
    Carl Clinton Van Doren
    American critic and biographer (1885 - 1980)
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  • Michael Moore I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.
    Michael Moore
    American documentary filmmaker, activist, and author (1954 - )
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  • Walt Disney I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Louis de Bernieres It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend off the contentment that we all fear and abhor so much.
    Louis de Bernieres
    British novelist (1954 - )
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  • Elmore Leonard My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too.
    Elmore Leonard
    American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (1925 - 2013)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Al Jarreau These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones that you sing when you're driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.
    Al Jarreau
    American singer and musician (1940 - 2017)
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  • Cass Elliot When you're on stage, you gotta do it. People pay to see you, and they deserve to be entertained, and you should go out there and really give it your best shot. And that's quite a challenge.
    Cass Elliot
    American singer and actress (1941 - 1974)
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  • Bob Marley You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.
    Bob Marley
    Jamaican singer-songwriter (1945 - 1981)
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