Quotes with has-been

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  • Arthur Erickson What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • Anthony Holden What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Pedro Calderón de la Barca What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?
    Pedro Calderón de la Barca
    Spanish playwright (1600 - 1681)
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  • Burton Richter What lots of people have been trying to do ever since is find what's beyond the current Standard Model. So far, it has stood impervious to all attacks.
    Burton Richter
    American physicist (1931 - 2018)
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  • Buddy Hackett What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.
    Buddy Hackett
    American actor and comedian (1924 - 2003)
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  • Eugène Delacroix What makes men of genius, or rather, what they make, is not new ideas, it is that idea - possessing them - that what has been said has still not been said enough.
    Eugène Delacroix
    French artist (1798 - 1863)
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  • Angelina Grimke What man or woman of common sense now doubts the intellectual capacity of colored people? Who does not know, that with all our efforts as a nation to crush and annihilate the mind of this portion of our race, we have never yet been able to do it.
    Angelina Grimke
    American activists and female advocates of abolition and women's rights (1805 - 1879)
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  • Bell Hooks What nationalist educators often fail to recognize is that merely being taught by teachers who are black has not and will not solve the problem if the teachers have been socialized to internalize racist thinking. - From (2003) Rock My Soul
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Isaac Bashevis Singer What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Polish Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1978) (1902 - 1991)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt What one has to do usually can be done.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Barbara Corcoran What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Barry Larkin What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals. The sensationalism has taken over the professionalism.
    Barry Larkin
    American baseball player (1964 - )
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  • Brit Hume What played to what had been a relative weakness for us-this was exploding overseas as well, and we had to scramble to mount some reach and get into places and be competitive on the ground.
    Brit Hume
    American journalist and political commentator (1943 - )
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  • Lord George Byron What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bee Wilson What strikes me, the more I cook, is that the best recipes are ones where the basic anatomy is so sound it will survive multiple adjustments. When a recipe has good bones, you can change the seasoning, double the garlic, swap lime for lemon, and it still turns out delicious.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Babe Ruth What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Bertrand Piccard What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.
    Bertrand Piccard
    Swiss psychiatrist (1958 - )
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  • Bill Gross What the Obama administration's policies have really been oriented towards have always been towards providing benefits continuing consumption. What this country needs really is a policy which stresses investments.
    Bill Gross
    American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist (1944 - )
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  • Brooke Shields What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living - and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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