Quotes with has-been

Quotes 2821 till 2840 of 5418.

  • Marina Tsvetaeva My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection.
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  • Lee Trevino My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
    Lee Trevino
    American golfer (1939 - )
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  • James Thurber My drawings have been described as pre-internationalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had occurred to me. I shall not argue the point.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Bruce Robinson My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.
    Bruce Robinson
    English actor, director and novelist (1946 - )
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  • Bill Parcells My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Stephen Hawking My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
    Source: The New York Times (12 December 2004)
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Robert E. Lee My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
    Robert E. Lee
    American legeraanvoerder (1807 - 1870)
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  • Samuel Rutherford My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.
    Samuel Rutherford
    Scottish Presbyterian pastor, theologian and author (1600 - 1661)
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  • Barry Lopez My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we're living in, I put my faith in those people.
    Barry Lopez
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Bow Wow My fans saw 'Roll Bounce,' but also that older crowd who might not have been familiar with me on the music tip saw 'Roll Bounce' and loved it. 'Roll Bounce' opened up that door for me to have older people love Bow Wow and opened up that door so all of the kids would love Bow Wow. My fan base is really diverse; it's all ages and all colors.
    Bow Wow
    American rapper and actor (Shad Gregory Moss) (1987 - )
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot My fate has been that what I undertook was fully understood only after the fact.
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Ben Affleck My father has positional vertigo, and if he flies he gets really dizzy, so he has to drive out to California, which he does a couple times a year. We talk, but we e-mail mostly.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much, and I am willing to do this again if necessary.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Andrew Taylor Still My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.
    Andrew Taylor Still
    American physician and surgeon (1828 - 1917)
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  • Bram Cohen My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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  • Beau Bridges My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • Brendon Urie My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They're loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, 'The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.' Funny thought.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw My friend, when a man has anything to tell in this world, the difficulty is not to make him tell it, but to prevent him from telling it too often.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Aeschylus My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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