Quotes with make-shift

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  • Alice James How sick one gets of being ''good,'' how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness.
    Alice James
    American diarist (1848 - 1892)
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  • Bill Hybels How would you feel if your prayer requests were made public, displayed on a billboard or marquee? Dear Lord, make me famous. Make me rich.
    Source: Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Auberon Herbert How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.
    Auberon Herbert
    British writer, theorist, philosopher
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Bob Riley However, before we make the mistake of patting ourselves on the back, let's remember: government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. The real credit for our economic renewal belongs to the people of Alabama .
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • George Eliot Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Mary Buckley Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.
    Mary Buckley
     
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous. The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Bill Gates I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away.
    Source: Interview on "NOW" with Bill Moyers on May 9, 2003
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Henry J. Kaiser I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.
    Henry J. Kaiser
    American industrialist (1882 - 1967)
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  • Art Buchwald I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.
    Art Buchwald
    American humorist (1925 - 2007)
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  • Sylvia Plath I am a writer... I am a genius of a writer; I have it in me. I am writing the best poems of my life; they will make my name.
    Sylvia Plath
    American poet (1932 - 1963)
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  • George Bernard Shaw I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • William Wordsworth I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive li
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • William Shakespeare I am bewitched with the rogue's company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Anthony Weiner I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Vanessa Williams I am not a lesbian and I am not a slut, and somehow I am going to make people believe me.
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  • Busta Rhymes I appreciate the additional additives and preservatives that help sell a project, but I'm sticking to what works best for me. I gotta sell the album live on stage and make people believe in the songs.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Art Spiegelman I became comfortable with what I knew would be the process of trying to pick up the pieces of brain that were in the rubble and tried to make some mosaic out of the pieces and that that would be the trajectory.
    Art Spiegelman
    American cartoonist and editor (1948 - )
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  • Steve Martin I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.
    Steve Martin
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician (1945 - )
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