Quotes with half-there

Quotes 401 till 420 of 5709.

  • Alan Thicke And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we're all vulnerable. We are humans. There is a finite end to this life and we're all going to face it and a little silliness can help.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • John Irving And never forget, there is memory.
    The World According To Garp (2012)
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Berenice Marlohe And Shanghai is amazing. I'm a fan of science fiction so when you're there in the night with all the lights and all this modernity, it's like a set in a movie.
    Berenice Marlohe
    French actress
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  • Bertolt Brecht And the shark he has his teeth and
    There they are for all to see
    And Macheath he has his knife but
    No one knows where it may be.
    The Threepenny Opera The Moritat of Mackie the Knife in Prologue, p. 3
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Ann Bancroft And then there's also this element of - some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you're really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It's the yeti.
    Ann Bancroft
    American author, teacher, adventurer (1955 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Walt Whitman And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Bruce Catton And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going.
    Bruce Cattons America: selections from his greatest works
    Bruce Catton
    American historian and journalist (1899 - 1978)
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  • Barry McGuire And there was a real shedding of the old dogma, like boundaries of morality were being broken down and everybody was into the new party mode of just loving on each other. Which destroyed thousands of us. I lost 16 of my personal friends through that lifestyle.
    Barry McGuire
    American singer-songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Birch Bayh And Title IX coming along there. I don't think Evan would have done any different than I did. I was fortunate to be there at a time when that was right.
    Birch Bayh
    American politician (1928 - 2019)
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  • Barney Frank And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Barack Obama And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending "don't ask, don't tell," making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • George Eliot And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Peter Ackroyd And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever.
    First Light (1996) 50
    Peter Ackroyd
    English biographer, novelist and critic (1949 - )
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Barbara Bush And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Bernard Cornwell And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • Ben E. King And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Bret Michaels Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.
    Bret Michaels
    American singer-songwriter, musician and actor (1963 - )
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  • George Eliot Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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