Quotes 241 till 260 of 1466.
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side.
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Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.
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Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
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Christmas means a great deal to me. I was reared in a family that celebrated Christmas to some extent, but I married into a family that celebrated Christmas in a big way. And my wife always made a big thing of Christmas for the children. We have five children, and we had a terrific time at Christmas.
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Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.
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Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.
Source: Performed literature: words and music by Bob Dylan -
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'.Source: The Times They Are A-Changin (1964) -
Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.
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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.
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Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country.
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Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment.
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Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going.
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
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December used to be very difficult for me. For many years, I fought the transition to the new year, was generally exhausted at the end of the year, and just wanted to hide. I described myself as a 'cranky Jewish kid who felt left out by Christmas.'
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Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.
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Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges, and raises to power a new minority with essentially the same instincts as the old.
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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.
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