Quotes with make-believe

Quotes 1981 till 2000 of 3427.

  • Bill Clinton No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean them - campaign fantasies that win elections but don't get nations moving again.
    Detroit Economic Club, August 21, 1992
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Alva Myrdal Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Alice Walker Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Blake Farenthold Nobody likes to make a hard decision, because you're running every two years.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Bobby Vinton Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Jerry Garcia Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you've been to some of those places, you think, ''How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?''
    Jerry Garcia
    American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1942 - 1995)
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  • Beth Broderick Nobody wants to sit where I'm sitting and say, 'Hey, this is the reality. I did two movies, six guest-star spots and I starred in a one-woman show, and I'm not making any money. I'm on TV every day in every country in the world, and I don't make any money.'
    Beth Broderick
    American actress (1959 - )
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  • Carl Hiaasen Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Bob Sheppard Nobody, but nobody stays a public-address announcer for more than a couple of years. Truly. Public-address announcing is not a career. Public-address announcers only work 81 days a year, so you don't make a living.
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  • Antonia Fraser Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Thomas Wolfe Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.
    Thomas Wolfe
    American writer and journalist (1900 - 1938)
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  • Ansel Adams Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
    Ansel Adams
    American landscape photographer and environmentalist (1902 - 1984)
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  • Alcaeus of Mytilene Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
    Alcaeus of Mytilene
    Ancient Greek poet
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  • Alcee Hastings Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wander whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Ben Affleck Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert Not to take anything away from artists who don't write their own songs, but it's always been important to me to make sure it's my story.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Gerald W. Johnson Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but of what men believe happened.
    Gerald W. Johnson
    American journalist, editor, essayist, historian and biographer (1890 - 1980)
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