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Quotes 2601 till 2620 of 2790.

  • George Bernard Shaw When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Billy Bob Thornton When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.
    Billy Bob Thornton
    American actor, writer, and musician (1955 - )
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  • Samuel Goldwyn When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Anthony Holden When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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W. Bruce Cameron When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal When we are accustomed to use bad reasons for proving natural effects, we are not willing to receive good reasons when they are discovered.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Oscar Wilde When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Charles A. Stoddard When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it.
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  • John Updike When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are kept - the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and sensation.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Shunryu Suzuki When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
    Shunryu Suzuki
    Japanese Buddhist missionary (1904 - 1971)
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  • Al Franken When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • Ruth Gordon When you finally learn how to act, you're too old for the good parts.
    Ruth Gordon
    American actress (1896 - 1985)
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  • Ernest Hemingway When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Brigitte Nielsen When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job. Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life. And it is never a job from nine to five.
    Brigitte Nielsen
    Danish actress, model and singer (1963 - )
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  • Will Rogers When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do - well, that's Memoirs.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch When you see a good horseman, you're unable to tell where the instruction is coming from. It's like telepathy.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Charles Dickens When you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now; but whether it's worth while, going through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said when he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter o taste.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Carlton Cuse When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good.
    Carlton Cuse
    American screenwriter, producer, and director (1959 - )
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  • Butch Trucks When you're good-looking, I think you usually don't have to work as hard.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline When you're not used to comfort and good things to eat, you're intoxicated by them in no time. Truth's only too pleased to leave you. Very little is ever needed for Truth to let go of you. And after all, you're not really very keen to keep hold of it.
    Louis Ferdinand Céline
    French writer (1894 - 1961)
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