Quotes with half-there

Quotes 2001 till 2020 of 5709.

  • Franz Kafka Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Douglas Adams Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Anita Brookner Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Matthew Arnold Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Light rails are too bus-like to impress most commuters, too squished and close to the ground. Monorails, by contrast, strike a chord with travelers. There's something about the sleek designs, the pillowy rides, and the panoramic views that just enchants.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist Like anybody else that goes and does their job, there's a way to do your job with excellence.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Buddy Wakefield Listen, if you're from Arizona I'm not making fun of your home. I'm making fun of you for gathering there and building a community in an oven. Smooth move.
    Poetry Arizona Summers
    Buddy Wakefield
    American poet and actor (1974 - )
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  • Ben Hecht Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Avi Arad Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books.
    Avi Arad
    Israeli-American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Billy Collins Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time to deploy what I call their 'poetry deflector shields' that were installed in high school - there's little time to resist the poem.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Dean William R. Inge Literature flourishes best when it is half trade and half an art.
    Dean William R. Inge
    Dean of St Paul's, London (1860 - 1954)
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  • Bruce Forsyth Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Baltasar Gracián Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Ben Vereen Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Carla Bley Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
    Carla Bley
    American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936 - )
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline Living, just by itself - what a dirge that is! Life is a classroom and Boredom's the usher, there all the time to spy on you; whatever happens, you've got to look as if you were awfully busy all the time doing something that's terribly exciting - or he'll come along and nibble your brain.
    Louis Ferdinand Céline
    French writer (1894 - 1961)
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  • Bob Wells Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.
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