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Quotes 861 till 880 of 1835.

  • Andy Rooney Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Arthur Helps Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
    Arthur Helps
    English writer and dean
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  • Meister Eckhart Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • H.G. Wells Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.
    H.G. Wells
    British-born American author (1866 - 1946)
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  • Lord George Byron Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bono Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Jim Backus Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.
    Jim Backus
    American radio, television, film, and voice (1913 - 1989)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Many of the greatest Cuban boxing champions since the revolution triumphed on the island resisted the temptation to leave Cuba and, in some cases, defied any suggestion they were tempted in the first place. Most famously, Teofilo Stevenson rejected multi-million dollar offers to leave his island to fight Muhammad Ali.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bell Hooks Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Beverley Nichols Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.
    Beverley Nichols
    English playwright, journalist and composer (1898 - 1983)
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  • Calvin Trillin Marriage is not merely sharing the fettuccine, but sharing the burden of finding the fettuccine restaurant in the first place.
    Calvin Trillin
    American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet (1935 - )
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Helen Rowland Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Antonia Fraser Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Ben Barnes Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
    Ben Barnes
    English actor (1981 - )
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  • Don DeLillo Maybe when we die, the first thing we'll say is 'I know this feeling. I was here before'.
    Source: White Noise (2015) 126
    Don DeLillo
    American Author (1936 - )
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  • Bow Wow Me and Lucas Black are actually starring in that movie 'Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo.' It's gonna be hot and different. My first action movie, so it's gonna be great.
    Bow Wow
    American rapper and actor (Shad Gregory Moss) (1987 - )
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  • Winston Churchill Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Oscar Wilde Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last romance.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Giambattista Vico Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance.
    Giambattista Vico
    Italian philosopher, historian (1668 - 1744)
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