Quotes with half-heard

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  • Robert Browning O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Bob Beauprez Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Al Jarreau Obviously given good health, and a continuing audience and a record company that allows me to do music. So given those things yes, I'm introducing some new music that people haven't really heard me do in quite this fashion.
    Al Jarreau
    American singer and musician (1940 - 2017)
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  • Charles Sawyer Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work.
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  • William Shakespeare Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Ben E. King Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Arsene Wenger Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.
    Arsene Wenger
    French football manager and former player (1949 - )
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  • Franz Grillparzer Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.
    Franz Grillparzer
    Austrian play writer (1791 - 1872)
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  • Thomas Haynes Bayly Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once familiar word.
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  • Horace Walpole Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow [To Be] old friends?
    Horace Walpole
    British writer (1717 - 1797)
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  • Art Rooney Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay.
    Art Rooney
    American football team owner (1901 - )
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  • Tom Ogden Once I have heard the story or joke used twice by other speakers or entertainer, I avoid it.
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  • Bethany Hamilton One arm might handicap me a little in competition, but I just work with what changes I know I have to make, and I'm pretty used to it now. It mainly depends on the wave conditions... I only get half the waves everyone else rides, so mine have to be good!
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Carolyn Heilbrun One cannot make up stories; one can only retell in new ways the stories one has already heard.
    Carolyn Heilbrun
    American academic and author (1926 - 2003)
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  • Jane Austen One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Bradley Whitford One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential.
    Bradley Whitford
    American actor and political activist (1959 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • B. C. Forbes One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is better than 50 half-finished tasks
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Bo Bennett One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing.
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    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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