Quotes with long-expected

Quotes 1101 till 1120 of 1210.

  • Louise Erdrich What happens when you let an unsatisfactory present go on long enough? It becomes your entire history.
    Louise Erdrich
    American author (1954 - )
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  • Beth Henley What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • Carly Fiorina What I think we need to do to engage the American people in a conversation about entitlement reform is to have a bipartisan group of people who come together and put every solution on the table, every alternative on the table. And then we ought to engage in a long conversation with the American people so they understand the choices.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Joseph Brodsky What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence.
    Joseph Brodsky
    Russian-born American Poet, Critic (1940 - 1996)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Gerard Manley Hopkins What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness? Let them be left. O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
    Gerard Manley Hopkins
    English poet and Jesuit (1844 - 1889)
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  • Thomas à Kempis When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Haniel Long When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account.
    Haniel Long
    American writer, poet, journalist (1888 - 1956)
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  • Benjamin Harrison When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?
    State of the Union Addresses of Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison
    American politician and lawyer (1833 - 1901)
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  • C. S. Forester When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask.
    C. S. Forester
    English novelist (1899 - 1966)
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  • Ben Carson When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Hader When I got to 'Saturday Night Live,' it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Beth Grant When I hit New York in 1972, I thought I was a sprinter. I thought that I would star in a Broadway show and do a movie and win an Oscar by the time I was 25. It turned out that I'm a long distance runner.
    Beth Grant
    American actress (1949 - )
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  • Bennet Omalu When I read Mike Webster's file before I began his autopsy, I knew he was more than a 50-year-old heart attack victim. His file and the television reports of the death of the former Pittsburgh Steelers center described a long, steep fall into bizarre behavior. I suspected he suffered from some sort of brain disorder.
    Bennet Omalu
    Nigerian-American physician and neuropathologist (1968 - )
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  • Bob Newhart When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Arne Jacobsen When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.
    Arne Jacobsen
    Danish architect and designer (1902 - 1971)
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  • Napoleon When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Brendan Coyle When I was in my 30s, I was at the end of a long-term relationship and going through a very hard time. I'd had about 15 different addresses and a series of relationships. I thought, 'It's time to have a look at yourself.'
    Brendan Coyle
    English-Irish actor (1962 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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