Quotes with might-have-been

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  • Buck Owens Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Carol Windley Language and written language are the only real way we have to see inside another person's thoughts and to know what makes another person human. Without writing, we just wouldn't have that kind of access.
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Anthony Weiner Last Friday night, I Twitted a photograph of myself that I intended to send as a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in Seattle. Once I realized I posted to Twitter I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked. I then continued with that story, to stick to that story which was a hugely regrettable mistake.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Candice Millard Late-19th-century America, with all its chaotic change and immense potential, seems to have been the perfect place to become not someone else, but someone new.
    Candice Millard
    American writer and journalist (1968 - )
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  • Alan Alda Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
    Alan Alda
    American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. (1936 - )
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  • Mark Twain Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to the law, but to the facts. In countless litigations, the law Is so clear that judges have no discretion.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Samuel Johnson Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Vince Lombardi Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Anita Borg Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.
    Anita Borg
    American computer scientist (1949 - 2003)
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  • Denis Waitley Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • William Frederick Book Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you.
    William Frederick Book
    American psychologist and professor of psychology
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  • Earl Nightingale Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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  • Albert J. Nock Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Alice Miller Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.
    Alice Miller
    Polish-born Swiss psychologist (1923 - 2010)
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  • Ben Simmons LeBron's been like a big brother to me, watching me play and giving me pointers on just little things. I really look up to him.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • Barney Frank Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • George Washington Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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