Quotes with first-person

Quotes 2121 till 2140 of 2595.

  • Hazel Scott There's only one free person in this society, and he is white and male.
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  • Ben Hecht There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Barbara Boxer There's so much revenue that comes in from a cap-and-trade system that you can really go to a person in a congressional district and get enough votes there by saying, 'What do you need? What do you want?'
    Americans for Prosperity
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Alexander Cockburn They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.
    Alexander Cockburn
    Irish-American political journalist and writer (1941 - 2012)
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  • Allan K. Chalmers They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
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  • Joseph Conrad They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Billie Jean King They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Plato Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.
    Phaedrus
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Barbara Deming Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • William Blake Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: ''the Son, O how unlike the Father!'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Brad Henry This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.
    Brad Henry
    American lawyer and politician (1963 - )
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  • Arthur C. Clarke This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Bill Moyers This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has ordered up programs for ideological instead of journalistic reasons.
    Bill Moyers
    American journalist (1934 - )
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  • Plautus This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Arthur Golden This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away.
    Arthur Golden
    American writer (1956 - )
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  • Erwin W. Lutzer Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.
    Erwin W. Lutzer
    American evangelical Christian pastor
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry James Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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