Quotes with long-shot

Quotes 541 till 560 of 1204.

  • Thomas à Kempis It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Kahlil Gibran It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Eugenie Clark It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago.
    Eugenie Clark
     
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  • Alice Koller It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.
    Alice Koller
     
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  • Edward Dahlberg It takes a long time to understand nothing.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Louisa May Alcott It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Madeleine Albright It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
    Madeleine Albright
    Czechoslovak-American politician and diplomat. (1937 - 2022)
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  • Calamity Jane It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
    Calamity Jane
    American frontierswoman (1852 - 1903)
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  • Samuel Johnson It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bernadette Devlin It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
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  • Barney Frank It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Bill Bailey It's always been my long-held belief that eventually insects will take over the world.
    Source: Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Busta Rhymes It's been three years since I last performed here so I'm dying to tear the roof off Wembley Arena with some old school joints and brand new bangers. When I'm done, you're gonna remember it for a long time to come.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Austan Goolsbee It's clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to do with the longer run imbalances that we've created in the structure of the system.
    Austan Goolsbee
    American economist (1969 - )
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  • Andrew Wiles It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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  • Ben Schwartz It's funny: I put money into short films, and I put really good actors in it, and I write some stuff that's really funny, and I'll get, like, a million views. But to the right of me, there will be a video of a kitten that falls into a toilet bowl, and it's three seconds long, and it will get 25 million views.
    Ben Schwartz
    American actor, comedian, writer and producer (1981 - )
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  • Kin Hubbard It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Bobby Vinton It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Boo Weekley It's just golf. As long as I get done without breakin' somethin' or hurtin' somebody, that's my goal.
    Boo Weekley
    American professional golfer (1973 - )
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  • Bjorn Borg It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me.
    Bjorn Borg
    Swedish tennis player (1956 - )
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