Quotes with half-there

Quotes 2861 till 2880 of 5709.

  • Al Franken The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • David Mamet The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.
    David Mamet
    American Playwright (1947 - )
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  • Barry Marshall The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.
    Barry Marshall
    Australian physician, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology (1951 - )
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  • Betty Grable The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.
    Betty Grable
    American actress, model, and singer (1916 - 1973)
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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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  • Bernard Bailyn The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 182
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Bill Moyers The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do logically. It's an existential experience - there and then gone.
    Bill Moyers
    American journalist (1934 - )
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  • Bill Cunningham The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.
    Bill Cunningham
    American fashion photographer
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  • Theodore I. Rubin The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
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  • Bill Budge The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.
    Bill Budge
    American video game programmer and designer (1954 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be told definitely and a bit raucously that this is true and that is false. But there are no certainties.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung The puzzling thing is that there is really a curious coincidence between astrological and psychological facts, so that one can isolate time from the characteristics of an individual, and also, one can deduce characteristics from a certain time....
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Abbe Pierre The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.
    Abbe Pierre
    French Catholic priest (born Henri Grous) (1912 - 2007)
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  • Bernie S. Siegel The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they become blessings to society, as a life threatening disease is to an individual, by teaching us about the meaning of our life and existence?
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Bernie Worrell The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be.
    Bernie Worrell
    American keyboardist and record producer (1944 - 2016)
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  • Bernard De Voto The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.
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  • R. W. Dale The real truth is that while He came to preach the gospel, His chief object in coming was that there might be a gospel to preach.
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  • Bill Goldberg The reality is that a lot of these bad things that happen in the wrestling business, 90 percent are because of certain people's egos. There's no question about that.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Doug Larson The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice.
    Doug Larson
    American columnist and editor (1926 - 2017)
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