Quotes with long-shot

Quotes 921 till 940 of 1204.

  • Carl Sandburg The name of an iron man goes round the world.
    It takes a long time to forget an iron man.
    Washington Monument by Night in Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Thomas Wolfe The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened.
    Thomas Wolfe
    American writer and journalist (1900 - 1938)
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  • Bob Goodlatte The oak has long been an enduring and mighty tree. It is truly a part of our national heritage and it merits the formal distinction of America's National Tree.
    Bob Goodlatte
    American politician, attorney, and lobbyist (1952 - )
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  • Billy Collins The obituaries shot up to the top of my list when I discovered Robert McG. Thomas, the 'Times' obit writer who redesigned its traditional form and added a measure of stylistic elegance.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Thomas Hobbes The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • Charles Barkley The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
    Charles Barkley
    American professional basketball player (1963 - )
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  • John Stuart Mill The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Humphrey Bogart The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.
    Humphrey Bogart
    American screen and stage actor (1899 - 1957)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Bayard Taylor The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • James Baldwin The past is what makes the present coherent, and the past will remain horrible for exactly as long as we refuse to assess it honestly.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Juvenal The people long eagerly for just two things. Bread and circuses.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Mikhail Strabo The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels.
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  • Blaise Pascal The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Nancy Lopez The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.
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  • Barry Cornwall The progress from infancy to boyhood is imperceptible. In that long dawn of the mind we take but little heed. The years pass by us, one by one, little distinguishable from each other. But when the intellectual sun of our life is risen, we take due note of joy and sorrow.
    Barry Cornwall
    English poet (pen name of Bryan Procter) (1787 - 1874)
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  • Edith Sitwell The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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  • Isadora Duncan The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.
    Isadora Duncan
    American Dancer (1877 - 1927)
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  • Bill Medley The reason I still love performing is that people my age, a little younger and a little older, show up to relive that thing that made them so happy all those years ago. And as long as they show up, I'll keep on keepin' on till I keel over.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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