Quotes with good-breeding

Quotes 1921 till 1940 of 2790.

  • B. B. King Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Anne Dudley Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.
    Anne Dudley
    English composer, keyboardist and conductor (1956 - )
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  • Carl Honore Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we're living the fast life instead of the good life. And I think, for many people, that wake-up call takes the form of an illness.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Robert Alan Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood.
    Robert Alan
    American singer/songwriter and comic book creator (1971 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Henry Rollins Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
    Henry Rollins
    American musician, actor and writer (1961 - )
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  • Mme de Stael Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bryce Harper Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Brad Feld St. Louis is a good example of a vibrant city. Having stayed in a hotel in 2011 overlooking Cardinals stadium when they won the World Series, their fans definitely show up loud and proud.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Buffalo Bill Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Brock Lesnar Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I have to train also, because the recovery time is longer. Work on everything: become a well-rounded fighter - don't just be good at one thing; be good at everything.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Billy Bush Steadman! Any guy that's got Oprah as a girlfriend, I mean that's a good dude. I want to talk to him.
    Billy Bush
    American radio and television host (1971 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons can't sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Samuel Pepys Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
    Samuel Pepys
    English administrator of the navy and Member of Parliament (1633 - 1703)
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  • Bethany Hamilton Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Denis Waitley Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Alexander Hamilton Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Charles Dickens Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things both good and bad.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Anatole France Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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