Quotes with has-been

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  • Bill Shuster Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Arthur Ransome Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
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  • William Hazlitt Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • William Hazlitt Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Banksy Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off.
    Banksy
    England-based anonymous street artist and political activist
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  • Arthur Erickson Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • E. M. Cioran Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been cut off.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Victor Hugo Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • André Maurois Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • B. B. King Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Bobby Orr Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.
    Bobby Orr
    Canadian ice hockey player (1948 - )
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  • Susan Sontag Guns have metamorphosed into cameras in this earnest comedy, the ecology safari, because nature has ceased to be what it always had been - what people needed protection from. Now nature tamed, endangered, mortal - needs to be protected from people.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Joan Didion Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write.
    Source: Faceboek (2012)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Brock Yates Had I been more responsible I might have made something of myself as a junk bond trader, long-haul trucker or perhaps a plumbing contractor.
    Brock Yates
    American journalist and author (1933 - 2016)
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  • Alfonso X of Castile Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.
    Original: Si hubiera estado presente en la Creación, habría dado algunas indicaciones útiles.
    Source: Thomas Carlyle, History of Frederick the Great
    Alfonso X of Castile
    X (also occasionally Alphonso, Alphonse, or Alfons, 23 November&# (1221 - 1284)
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  • Ovid Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Boris Johnson Had it been us staging the Games, I don't think we would necessarily have done the switcheroo with the girl with the braces
    Source: Boris Johnson In Beijing, The Guardian, 21 August 2008
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Bill Rancic Had it not been for 'The Apprentice' and Donald Trump, I wouldn't have met my wife through an interview with 'E! News.'
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Angela Davis Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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