Quotes with half-there

Quotes 641 till 660 of 5709.

  • Mohsin Hamid Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.
    Mohsin Hamid
    British Pakistani novelist, writer (1971 - )
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  • Arne Jacobsen Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.
    Arne Jacobsen
    Danish architect and designer (1902 - 1971)
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  • Bette Midler Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, ''I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?''
    Bette Midler
    American singer, songwriter, actress and comedian (1945 - )
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  • Henry James Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Clare Boothe Luce Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • William Shakespeare Ceremony was but devised at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, recanting goodness, sorry ere 'Tis shown; but where there is true friendship, there needs none.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Victor Hugo Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Carrie Fisher Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Bob Geldof Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Ovid Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Phillips Brooks Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
    Phillips Brooks
    American Minister, Poet (1835 - 1893)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Mary Baker Eddy Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.
    Mary Baker Eddy
    American founder of the Christian Science Church (1821 - 1910)
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  • Bill Ayers Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock.
    Bill Ayers
    American elementary education theorist (1944 - )
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  • Marcelene Cox Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
    Marcelene Cox
    American author
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  • Barry Sanders Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Bjornstjerne Bjornson Christianity, with or without its whole apparatus of dogma, will endure in its essence for thousands of years after us; there will always be spiritually-minded people who will be ennobled by it, and some made great.
    Bjornstjerne Bjornson
    Norwegian writer (1832 - 1910)
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  • Carol Ann Duffy Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief.
    Carol Ann Duffy
    British poet and playwright (1955 - )
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  • C. P. Snow Civilization is hideously fragile... there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.
    The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1959)
    C. P. Snow
    English novelist (1905 - 1980)
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  • Oscar Wilde Civilization is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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