Quotes with has-been

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  • Campbell Brown Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Germaine Greer Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism.
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Ernest Hemingway Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Bill Bryson Personally, I've never been attracted to danger. It's not my sort of thing. I am more attracted to pubs and cafes. The known, safe and comfortable world.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bea Arthur PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
    Bea Arthur
    American actress and comedian (1922 - 2009)
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  • Cassidy Gifford Philippians 4:13 has never rung so true... You were an unparalleled Giant in all sense of the word, Dad. So keep doin' you up there, because no one does it better, and no one ever will.
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  • Daniel Webster Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Daniel Webster Philosophical argument has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that was in me; but my heart has always assured me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be reality.
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Bernard Williams Philosophy is altogether less pure now. It's been impurified by science and social science and history.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Al Goldstein Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal.
    Al Goldstein
    American pornographer (1936 - 2013)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Berenice Abbott Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
    Source: Berenice Abbott, photographer: a modern vision : a selection of photographs and essays
    Berenice Abbott
    American photographer (1898 - 1991)
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  • Abba Eban Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
    Abba Eban
    Israeli diplomat and politician (1915 - 2002)
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  • Georges Bataille Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • Henry L. Doherty Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.
    Henry L. Doherty
    Irish-American financier and oilman
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