Quotes with might-have-been

Quotes 7381 till 7400 of 9541.

  • Bill Bryson There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Beck There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's never been released.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Robert J. Ringer There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.
    Robert J. Ringer
    American writer
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  • Branford Marsalis There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.
    Branford Marsalis
    American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (1960 - )
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  • Billy Joel There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Oscar Levant There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
    Oscar Levant
    American Pianist, Actor (1906 - 1972)
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  • Ursula K. Le Guin There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    American writer of science fiction and fantasy books (1929 - 2018)
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  • Bill Conti There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake.
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  • Carrie Fisher There's a line I have that our family was designed more for public than for private. But there are definitely some things that are only mine. I am someone who dreams at night, and you don't know what I'm dreaming.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Bill Parcells There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Bill Dedman There's a longstanding tradition that journalists don't cheer in the press box. They have opinions, like anyone else, but they are expected to keep those opinions out of their work.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Afrika Bambaataa There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
    Afrika Bambaataa
    American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer (1957 - )
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  • Bill Keller There's a lot of stuff they don't teach you in the mythical editors' school. They don't teach you that you're going to have to spend a lot of your life in crisis management.
    Bill Keller
    American journalist (1949 - )
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  • Bee Wilson There's a new dividing line in olives: between those who prefer Nocellara to all other varieties, and the people who have never tasted them.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Bill Engvall There's a reason God didn't give me this success in my 20s, because I'd have blown it.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Bridgit Mendler There's a reason why bullying takes such a strong form online. People don't have to push back as much as they would in real life.
    Bridgit Mendler
    American actress, singer, and songwriter (1992 - )
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  • Bobby Bowden There's a saying in my business that there are two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who haven't been fired yet. That's kind of like prostate cancer. Every man will have it if he lives long enough.
    Bobby Bowden
    American football coach (1929 - )
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  • Hazel Scott There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.
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  • Barbara Kingsolver There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Britney Spears There's always a way. Where there's a will there is a way. You have to believe.
    MSNBC interview (2006)
    Britney Spears
    American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress (1981 - )
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