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  • Alejo Carpentier I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.
    Alejo Carpentier
    Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist (1904 - 1980)
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  • Sir Francis Drake I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman. I would know him, that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here.
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  • Anita Loos I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever.
    Anita Loos
    American writer, screenwriter (1889 - 1981)
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  • Martin Luther I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.
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  • Bill Hybels I sometimes wonder if my requests are legitimate. So I'm honest with God. I say, Lord, I don't know if I have the right to ask for this. I don't know how I should pray about it. But I hand it over to your now, and if you'll tell me how to pray, I'll pray your way.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Michael Ondaatje I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will involve himself or herself.
    Michael Ondaatje
    Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer (1943 - )
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  • Anne Rice I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In the beginning he was just dismissed out of hand, which was terrible.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Harper Lee I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
    Harper Lee
    American writer (1926 - 2016)
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  • Bernard Berenson I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
    Bernard Berenson
    American art historian (1865 - 1959)
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  • Barbara Feldon I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.
    Barbara Feldon
    American actress (1933 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Ace Frehley I'm not here to perform. I'm here to sign autographs. You have to wait till I come back with my own hand.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Aaron Carter I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
    Aaron Carter
    American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor (1987 - )
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  • Bart Stupak I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Ben Roethlisberger I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception or a Hail Mary, he always says, 'Good job, son, I'm proud of you.' Then he shakes my hand and gives me a hug. Every time.
    Ben Roethlisberger
    American football player (1982 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Samuel Johnson If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Hannah More If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.
    Hannah More
    British Writer, Reformer, Philanthropist (1745 - 1833)
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Anne Frank If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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