Quotes with has-been

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  • Bob Saget The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.
    Bob Saget
    American stand-up comedian, actor, television host and director (1956 - 2022)
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  • Ben Folds The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw The Nazi movement is in many respects one which has my warmest sympathy.
    Source: London Morning Post , December 3, 1925
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bill Simmons The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can.
    Bill Simmons
    American sports analyst and author (1969 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man's greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Adam Schiff The new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the capacity to shake our world.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Frank Moore Colby The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and wholesome regard of whatever is atrocious in art.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • Ann Coulter The New York Times editorial page is like a Ouija board that has only three answers, no matter what the question. The answers are: higher taxes, more restrictions on political speech and stricter gun control.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Barry Lam The next revolution, the next trend is to be an intelligence-intensive company. That has more value to society than a labor-intensive company.
    Barry Lam
    Taiwanese billionaire businessman (1949 - )
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  • Betty Williams The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.
    Betty Williams
    Irish activist (1943 - 2020)
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  • Winston Churchill The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Caitlin Fitzgerald The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.
    Caitlin Fitzgerald
    American actress and filmmaker
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  • Thomas Wolfe The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened.
    Thomas Wolfe
    American writer and journalist (1900 - 1938)
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  • Bob Goodlatte The oak has long been an enduring and mighty tree. It is truly a part of our national heritage and it merits the formal distinction of America's National Tree.
    Bob Goodlatte
    American politician, attorney, and lobbyist (1952 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro The Obama administration has consistently refused to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli territory, let alone as the capital of Israel.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
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  • Bobby Fischer The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have the same starting hand. What's the point?
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • A. A. Milne The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course.
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Anna Julia Cooper The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.
    Anna Julia Cooper
    American author, activist and sociologist (1858 - 1964)
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  • Oscar Wilde The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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