Quotes with have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves

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  • Brendan Behan I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Thomas Traherne I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.
    Thomas Traherne
    British Clergyman, Poet, Mystic (1636 - 1674)
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  • David Gemmell I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf.
    Lord of the Silver Bow (2005)
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Ben Elton I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Stephen Hawking I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Betty Field I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.
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  • Marilyn Monroe I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.
    Ms. magazine (August 1972) p. 41
    Marilyn Monroe
    American actress (1926 - 1962)
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  • Barack Obama I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
    Town Hall Meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 29 March 2008
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Emma Goldman Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Samuel Johnson If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bernard Mandeville If courtesans and strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much rigor as some silly people would have it, what locks or bars would be sufficient to preserve the honor of our wives and daughters?
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Jean Baudrillard If everything is perfect, language is useless. This is true for animals. If animals don't speak, it's because everything's perfect for them. If one day they start to speak, it will be because the world has lost a certain sort of perfection.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Voltaire If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
    Original: Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer."
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Meister Eckhart If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • Erich Fromm If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Leo Buscaglia If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
    Leo Buscaglia
    American author and motivational speaker (1924 - 1998)
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  • Brene Brown If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Anita Roddick If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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  • Margaret Drabble If I knew what the meanings of my books were, I wouldn't have bothered to write them.
    Margaret Drabble
    English novelist, biographer, and critic (1939 - )
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