Quotes with half-right

Quotes 741 till 760 of 1583.

  • Gene Wolfe Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.
    Gene Wolfe
     
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  • Bill Haslam Lawyers don't serve everyone... Lawyers right now can say, 'I'm not the person to help you on that issue; I don't agree with what you're trying to do;' and they can turn down that person, and they can go somewhere else.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • A. J. P. Taylor Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Adrienne Rich Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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  • William Hazlitt Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Ralph Marston Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.
    Ralph Marston
     
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  • Rainer Maria Rilke Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    German poet (1875 - 1926)
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  • Ben Bernanke Let me end my talk by abusing slightly my status as an official representative of the Federal Reserve System. I would like to say to Milton and Anna: Regarding the Great Depression. You're right, we did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Louisa May Alcott Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.
    Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
    French poet (1792 - 1870)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Peter Marshall Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.
    Peter Marshall
    Scots-American preacher (1902 - 1949)
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  • Tallulah Bankhead Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, ''I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.''
    Tallulah Bankhead
    American actress (1902 - 1968)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bertrand Russell Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Charles De Montesquieu Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • Carolyn Heilbrun Life has this in common with prizefighting: if you've received a belly blow, it's likely to be followed by a right to the jaw.
    Carolyn Heilbrun
    American academic and author (1926 - 2003)
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  • Margaret Mead Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump; you have to get it right the first time.
    Margaret Mead
    American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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  • Abdul Kalam Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done.
    Source: Wings of Fire
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Abel Ferrara Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
    Abel Ferrara
    American filmmaker (1951 - )
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