Quotes with know-nothings

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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes, and stringing pretty words that make no sense. And kissing full sense into empty words.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Clare Boothe Luce Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Bryan Ferry Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.
    Bryan Ferry
    English singer and songwriter (1945 - )
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  • John Lennon Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • Rita Mae Brown Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.
    Rita Mae Brown
    American writer, activist, and feminist (1944 - )
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  • Octavio Paz Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.
    Octavio Paz
    Mexican Poet, Essayist (1914 - 1998)
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  • Tim O'Brien Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.
    Tim O'Brien
    American novelist (1946 - )
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  • Carol Berg Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.
    Carol Berg
    American writer of fantasy novels (1948 - )
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  • Antonio Perez Xerox did OK in moving to digital in the commercial space. They didn't do well in the consumer market, but they're not a consumer brand. They don't even know how to spell consumer.
    Antonio Perez
    Spanish statesman, secretary King Phillip II (1540 - 1611)
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  • Aldous Huxley Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Abraham Polonsky Yeah, yeah, I know I got rid of the headache. Now I got cancer.
    Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
    Abraham Polonsky
    American film director, screenwriter and novelist (1910 - 1999)
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  • Ben Affleck Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Busy Philipps Yes, I'm having a baby. I think it's so hard as a woman to give yourself a break. It's great to be healthy but you have to set a good example for your kids and know that it's not about a number on a scale but how you feel.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Germaine Greer Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far she might have got? If she never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run?
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Vauvenargues You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
    Vauvenargues
    French philosopher (1715 - 1747)
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  • Arundhati Roy You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in.
    Arundhati Roy
    Indian author (1961 - )
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  • Ben Katchor You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's why I like public clocks.
    Ben Katchor
    American cartoonist and illustrator (1951 - )
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  • Barry Sternlicht You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company that is performing better or worse.
    Barry Sternlicht
    billionaire and the (1960 - )
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  • Beryl Markham You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself.
    Beryl Markham
    English-born Kenyan aviator, racehorse trainer and author (1902 - 1986)
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  • Barbara de Angelis You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it.
    Barbara de Angelis
    American relationship consultant, lecturer and author (1951 - )
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