Quotes with has-been

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  • Voltaire My prayer to God is a very short one: ''O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous!'' God has granted it.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Bill de Blasio My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
    Bill de Blasio
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Bode Miller My sister has three kids so I've spent a lot of time around children and I've always really liked them and wanted my own. It's cool because you think all babies are the same but they aren't at all. They all have such different personalities. It's crazy.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Beth Ditto My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am that character... It's a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I've put them all to work onstage.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Jackie Chan My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken]
    Jackie Chan
    Actor, stuntman and kung fu expert from Hong Kong (1954 - )
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  • Bridget Moynahan My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.
    Bridget Moynahan
    American actress and model (1971 - )
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  • Blair Underwood My Soul to Keep is the ultimate love story with a black man and a black woman. I call it the ultimate love story. It's about an immortal. We're shooting for this Fall and that's been a six year development right there.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Barack Obama My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Bode Miller My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Brett Hull My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I've got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out.
    Brett Hull
    Canadian-born American former ice hockey player (1964 - )
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  • Busta Rhymes My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Lord George Byron My time has been passed viciously and agreeably; at thirty-one so few years months days hours or minutes remain that ''Carpe Diem'' is not enough. I have been obliged to crop even the seconds - for who can trust to tomorrow?
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bono My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Adelbert von Chamisso My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • Winston Churchill My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Brad Meltzer My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
    Brad Meltzer
    American political thriller novelist and non-fiction writer (1970 - )
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  • Jean Cocteau Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.
    Jean Cocteau
    French writer (1889 - 1963)
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  • Anne Perry Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.
    Anne Perry
    English author (1938 - )
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