Quotes with might-have-been

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  • Bob Newhart The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet. I also do mindful meditation with my daughter every day. It takes ten minutes. I think reducing stress plays a big part in anti-aging.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a parent.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Alistair Cooke The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bill Cunningham The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be.
    Bill Cunningham
    American fashion photographer
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  • Algernon Sydney The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.
    Algernon Sydney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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  • Saadi The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
    Saadi
    Persian poet and literary of the medieval period (1200 - 1292)
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Bill Bruford The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
    Bill Bruford
    English drummer, composer and producer (1949 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Berton Braley The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned, The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet, The mightiest rivers aren't spanned; Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted, The chances have just begun For the best jobs haven't been started, The best work hasn't been done.
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  • Balthus The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.
    Balthus
    Polish-French modern artist (1908 - 2001)
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  • Alan Cohen The best way to get what you want is to realize you already have it.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Bill Gates The best way to prepare is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and fished out listings of their operating system.
    Interview from Programmers at Work
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Bryant H. McGill The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Thomas Henry Huxley The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Bille August The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility.
    Bille August
    Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (1948 - )
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  • Ben Parr The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain 'hard.' The business of safely transporting people off the Earth is a costly affair that requires a lot of technology.
    Ben Parr
    American journalist, author, venture capitalist (1985 - )
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  • Carla Hall The biggest challenge of being a pastry chef is that, unlike other types of chefs, you can't throw things together at a farmer's market. When you're working with baking powder and a formula, you have to be exact. If not, things can go wrong.
    Carla Hall
    American chef and television personality (1964 - )
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