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Quotes 321 till 340 of 1835.

  • Billy Collins Cummings' career as a writer - and a painter - was as wobbly as his love life. He tried his hand at playwriting, satirical essays, and even a dance scenario for Lincoln Kirsten.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • John Ruskin Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Brad D. Smith Customer-driven innovation was at the core of Intuit's first product, 'Quicken,' and it continues to guide us as we look to solve new problems in areas like mobile payments. Products like Intuit 'GoPayment' and the IntuitPayment Network are helping small businesses get paid faster, keeping cash flow strong and their business healthy.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
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  • Barack Obama Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Christopher Morley Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.
    Christopher Morley
    American Novelist, Journalist, Poet (1890 - 1957)
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  • Carmen Electra Dancing is my number one love. That was my first goal as a child. I would love to do stage, maybe do Chicago. I love being in front of an audience. It's so stimulating. I also love to barbecue.
    Carmen Electra
    American actress, model and singer (1972 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons.
    Which at the first are scarce found to distaste,
    But with a little act upon the blood.
    Burn like the mines of Sulphur.
    Source: Othello 3, 3
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Armstrong Williams Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Carmen Electra Dinner is a great first date. Don't believe that stuff about girls not wanting to eat on a first date - sharing a romantic meal is so sexy.
    Carmen Electra
    American actress, model and singer (1972 - )
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Oscar Wilde Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Blake Farenthold Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any information that I share with a company? My Google searches? The emails I send? Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in anything but maybe a letter I hand deliver to my wife?
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Dale Carnegie Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Auberon Herbert Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically drives out of existence the moral forces?
    Auberon Herbert
    British writer, theorist, philosopher
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Brooks Atkinson Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Colin Powell Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
    Colin Powell
    American elder statesman and four-star general (1937 - 2021)
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  • Mark Twain Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Burton Richter During my first year as a graduate student, we worked on a measurement of the isotope shift and hyperfine structure of mercury isotopes.
    Burton Richter
    American physicist (1931 - 2018)
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