Quotes with make

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  • J. Cage It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of `culture'.
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  • Virginia Woolf It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Abraham Lincoln It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Georges Clemenceau It is far easier to make war than to make peace.
    Georges Clemenceau
    French physician and politician (1841 - 1929)
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  • John Irving It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
    The Hotel New Hampshire (1986)
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Benito Mussolini It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • Ajay Naidu It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.
    Ajay Naidu
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Agnes Repplier It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
    Agnes Repplier
    American writer and social criticus (1855 - 1950)
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  • Charlotte Brontë It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Henrik Ibsen It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • John Dryden It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Hyman G. Rickover It is necessary for you to learn from others' mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself.
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  • Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.
    Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn
    Russian Novelist (1918 - 2008)
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  • Immanuel Kant It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy
    Immanuel Kant
    German philosopher (1724 - 1804)
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  • Joyce Carol Oates It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.
    Joyce Carol Oates
    American writer (1938 - )
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  • Frank Dane It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • Aristotle It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Aesop It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Alan Cohen It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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