Quotes with less-than-fulfilling

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  • William S. Burroughs So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • T. S. Eliot So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are human: and it is better, in a paradoxical way, to do evil than to do nothing: at least we exist.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Aleksander Kwasniewski So I think that I can say, as the President of Poland, we're proud that I am coming from Poland, which is different and what's more important, much better than before.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Ajay Devgan So it is fair enough that you are paying me what I ask for, because it is my name you are using to sell the film. If the producer gives me a guarantee that he will sell the film at a lower price to the distributors, fair enough, then I will charge less!.
    Ajay Devgan
    Indian film actor and director (1969 - )
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  • Austan Goolsbee So more than 8 million people lost their jobs. It's going to take a significant push on our part and time before that comes down. I don't anticipate it coming down rapidly.
    Austan Goolsbee
    American economist (1969 - )
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  • Edward Dahlberg So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Bernice Johnson Reagon So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers.
    Bernice Johnson Reagon
    American composer, scholar, and social activist (1942 - )
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  • Alan Watts So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Eric Hoffer Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Bryan Adams Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I may not want to help you, I may dislike you, but if I don't give you a product or service you want, I will starve. Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • George Orwell Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Brit Morin Society is still adapting to women being CEOs and professionals rather than homemakers. Because of this, the unfortunate outcome is that we feel we have to be successful at both - in the office and in the home. Striking that balance is different for everyone.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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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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  • Art Spiegelman Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are.
    Art Spiegelman
    American cartoonist and editor (1948 - )
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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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