Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • Theodore Roosevelt Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Herodotus Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
    Herodotus
    Greek historian (484 - 425)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bill Shankly Some people believe that football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much more important than that.
    Bill Shankly
    Scottish football player and manager (1913 - )
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  • William Dean Howells Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
    William Dean Howells
    American writer, criticus (1837 - 1920)
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  • Bill Shankly Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
    In Sunday Times (UK) Oct. 4 1981
    Bill Shankly
    Scottish football player and manager (1913 - )
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  • Publilius Syrus Some remedies are worse than the disease.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Paul Klee Some will not recognize the truthfulness of my mirror. Let them remember that I am not here to reflect the surface... but must penetrate inside. My mirror probes down to the heart. I write words on the forehead and around the corners of the mouth. My human faces are truer than the real ones.
    Paul Klee
    Swiss artist (1879 - 1940)
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  • Campbell Brown Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Helen Rowland Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Billie Holiday Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Dwight L. Moody Someday you will read in the papers that Moody is dead. Don't you believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now. I was born of the flesh in 1837, I was born of the spirit in 1855. That which is born of the flesh may die. That which is born of the Spirit shall live forever.
    Dwight L. Moody
    American evangelist (1837 - 1899)
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  • Charles M. Schulz Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong'.
    Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.
    Charles M. Schulz
    American cartoonist (1922 - 2000)
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  • Anne Dudley Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.
    Anne Dudley
    English composer, keyboardist and conductor (1956 - )
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  • Barry Diller Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Robert M. Pirsig Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive.
    Robert M. Pirsig
    American writer and philosopher (1928 - 2017)
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  • Billie Holiday Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Salman Rushdie Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Isaac Bashevis Singer Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Polish Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1978) (1902 - 1991)
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