Quotes with has-been

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  • Henry Miller In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Douglas Adams In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Ben Hecht In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owner's mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. The movie Owners are the only troupe in the history of entertainment that has never been seduced by the adventure of the entertainment world.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Brunello Cucinelli In the heart of the desert and founded by the first Spanish Conquistadores, Las Vegas has become the entertainment capital of the world, with more than 30 million visitors a year.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Louis Kronenberger In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice.
    Louis Kronenberger
    American literary critic and novelist (1904 - 1980)
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  • C. V. Raman In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
    C. V. Raman
    Indian physicist (1888 - 1970)
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  • Bobby Sherman In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR.
    Bobby Sherman
    American singer and actor (1943 - )
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  • Dhammapada In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.
    Dhammapada
    collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form
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  • John F. Kennedy In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Sheldon Kopp In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.
    Sheldon Kopp
    American psychotherapist and author (1929 - 1999)
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  • Ahmed Ben Bella In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
    Ahmed Ben Bella
    Algerian politician, socialist soldier and revolutionary (1916 - 2012)
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  • Bertrand Russell In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word ''experience'' have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler In the summer of 2007, two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and his teammate, Erislandy Lara, had been arrested in Brazil after going AWOL from the Cuban team during the Pan Am Games. The defection attempt made international news and quickly became a national soap opera, regularly appearing on Cuban news and round table discussions.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bill Hader In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group - you go off, and you're improvising on camera. So while you're on camera, you're saying things that no one else has ever heard before during the actual take.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • C. Wright Mills In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Bill Pascrell In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.
    Bill Pascrell
    American politician (1937 - )
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  • Toni Morrison In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Abdus Salam In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.
    Abdus Salam
    Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926 - 1996)
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