Quotes with has-been

Quotes 1701 till 1720 of 5418.

  • Brock Lesnar I had the surgery, and it was removed, and I don't have any diverticulitis in me. It's gone. It has taken a number of years to feel good again.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Andrew Wiles I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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  • Bryan Robson I had to make a change. It was no slight on my staff either. We'd all been at Boro for seven years. But certain players had got too familiar with the set-up. I had to turn it round. Terry was the one man I could think of to do it. So I went for him.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then she should show them off, because men love to see that. Not just heterosexual men - gay men like to see a woman in her beauty and the shape of her.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Lord Nelson I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.
    Lord Nelson
     
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  • Andrew Jackson I have always been afraid of banks.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Woodrow Wilson I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Thomas Mann I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.
    Thomas Mann
    German author, critic and Nobel laureate in literature (1929) (1875 - 1955)
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  • Sam Walton I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
    Sam Walton
    American businessman, founder Wal-Mart Stores (1918 - 1992)
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  • Orson Welles I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Germaine Greer I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Tennessee Williams I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.
    Source: Walden Ch 2
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Greg LeMond I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying.
    Greg LeMond
     
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  • Lily Tomlin I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
    Lily Tomlin
    American Comedienne (1939 - )
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  • Steven Wright I have an existential map; it has you are here written all over it.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Assata Shakur I have been a political activist most of my life and many groups have attempted to label me as a criminal because of my outspoken beliefs. I am not a criminal and I have never been one.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Kurt Vonnegut I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled ''Science Fiction'' and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Bryant Gumbel I have been a sports fan my whole life. To be able to talk about sports in an intelligent, journalistic fashion and to do things of a serious nature is a dream job.
    Bryant Gumbel
    American television journalist and sportscaster (1948 - )
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