Quotes with might-have-been

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  • Henry David Thoreau Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Carlisle Floyd Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Carter G. Woodson Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Sebastian Faulks Our own choices might not be as good as those that are made for us.
    Sebastian Faulks
    British novelist, journalist and broadcaster (1953 - )
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  • Eliza Farnham Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.
    Eliza Farnham
    American novelist, feminist and abolitionist (1815 - 1864)
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  • Seneca Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Bob Filner Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought they had enough leverage over the U.S. to cross the Straits of Taiwan.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Bill Hybels Our spirits, like our bodies, have requirements for health and growth. Some people don't want to pay the price of developing good spiritual habits.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Bridget Moynahan Our structure has always been two homes, and that's all my son has ever known. So you balance it. Make sure you have good support with your family and friends and nannies.
    Bridget Moynahan
    American actress and model (1971 - )
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  • Bella Abzug Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Claude Lévi-Strauss Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.
    Claude Lévi-Strauss
    French anthropologist (1908 - 2009)
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  • Vivien Kellems Our tax law is a 1, 598-page hydra-headed monster and I'm going to attack and attack and attack until I have ironed out every fault in it.
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  • Buddha Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Ben Okri Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Alvar Aalto Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.
    Alvar Aalto
    Finnish architect and designer (1898 - 1976)
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  • George Eliot Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection entertains a sacrifice. Our thoughts are often worse than we are, just as they are often better.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • George Eliot Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Kahlil Gibran Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Bruce Springsteen Out of the east on an Irish stallion came bounty hunter Dan
    His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get his man
    He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun and got the drop
    He said, Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not.
    Working On A Dream (2009) Outlaw Pete
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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