Quotes with has-been

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  • A. E. Housman And silence sounds no worse than cheers
    After earth has stopped the ears.
    Source: A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 19 (To an Athlete Dying Young), st. 4
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Barbara Castle And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit.
    Barbara Castle
    British Labour Party politician (1910 - 2002)
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  • Bertolt Brecht And the shark he has his teeth and
    There they are for all to see
    And Macheath he has his knife but
    No one knows where it may be.
    Source: The Threepenny Opera The Moritat of Mackie the Knife in Prologue, p. 3
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Bill Bailey And the thing is, I'm amazed they went with Obama at all, you know, I mean, I thought Hilary would have been a shoe-in, but no. Apparently America's got an issue with gender, not with race. Huh. So, um...
    Source: Dandelion Mind
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Barack Obama And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending "don't ask, don't tell," making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Bobby Sherman And we just went with Julie because that name hadn't been used in any other popular songs at the time.
    Bobby Sherman
    American singer and actor (1943 - )
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  • Arne Jacobsen And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.
    Arne Jacobsen
    Danish architect and designer (1902 - 1971)
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  • Beau Bridges And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Brigitte Bardot Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.
    Brigitte Bardot
    French fashion model, singer and actress (1934 - )
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  • William Cobbett Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of ''speculation''; but which ought to be called Gambling.
    William Cobbett
    British journalist (1763 - 1835)
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  • Aulus Gellius Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time.
    Aulus Gellius
    Roman author and grammarian
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  • Edith Wharton Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • Mary McCarthy Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.
    Mary McCarthy
    American author (1912 - 1989)
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  • Ben Affleck Anxiety is a kind of fuel that activates the fight-or-flight part of the brain in me. It makes sure that a velociraptor isn't around the corner and that you do as much as you possibly can to survive. Because Hollywood has a lot in common with 'Jurassic Park' and its primeval-dinosaur universe.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Arthur Hays Sulzberger Any coalition has its troubles, as every married man knows.
    Arthur Hays Sulzberger
    American newspaper publisher (1891 - 1968)
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  • George Eliot Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Birgitte Hjort Sorensen Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate.
    Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
    Danish actrice (1982 - )
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  • Carlos Ghosn Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Cavett Robert Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
    Cavett Robert
    American businessman and founder of the National Speakers Association (1907 - 1997)
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