Quotes with large-minded

Quotes 101 till 120 of 275.

  • Henry James I am blackly bored when they are at large and at work; but somehow I am still more blackly bored when they are shut up in Holloway and we are deprived of them.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • John Major I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.
    John Major
    British politician (1943 - )
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  • Mark Twain I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious - except he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Adam Clayton I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.
    Adam Clayton
    Irish musician (1960 - )
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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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  • Lewis Grizzard I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.
    Lewis Grizzard
    American journalist (1946 - 1994)
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  • Bruce Springsteen I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Beck I have a fear of heights, so falling off something very tall. But I've conquered a good amount of my fears. I guess most people would have the fear of getting up in front of a large audience of people and making a fool of themselves. I've gotten over that.
    On the Couch, NME
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Alfred Nobel I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
    Alfred Nobel
    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist (1833 - 1896)
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  • George Eliot I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of literature and speech and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Augustus Baldwin Longstreet I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek. His right eye was a little discoloured, and the blood flowed profusely from his wounds.
    Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
    American lawyer, minister, educator, and humorist (1790 - 1870)
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  • Abraham Cowley I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and a large Garden.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Thomas Jefferson I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge I suppose that every parent loves his child; but I know without any supposing, that in a large number of homes the love is hidden behind authority, or its expression is crowded out by daily duties and cares.
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • Laurence Sterne I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.
    Laurence Sterne
    British author (1713 - 1768)
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  • Aneurin Bevan I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Barry Diller I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Steven Spielberg I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.
    Steven Spielberg
    American director, producer, and screenwriter (1946 - )
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  • Frank Moore Colby If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • Horace If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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