Quotes with might-have-been

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  • J. A. Primo De Rivera We, who have already borne on the road to Paradise the lives of the best among us, want a difficult, erect, implacable Paradise; a Paradise where one can never rest and which has, beside the threshold of the gates, angels with swords.
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  • David Hare Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
    David Hare
    British Playwright, Director (1947 - )
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • George Santayana Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • George Eliot Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Wear your learning like a watch and do not pull it out merely to show you have it. If you are asked for the time, tell it; but do not proclaim it hourly unasked.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Wear your learning, like your watch in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it: merely to show that you have one.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Cass Sunstein Web publishing can create common spaces; it all depends on how we, the readers and sometimes the producers, react to technological change. If we sort ourselves into narrow groups, common spaces will be in big trouble. But there's no reason not to have common spaces on the Internet. There are lots of them out there.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bud Grant Well 'Monday Night Football,' I think the players kind of like it because they like the attention, and it's a lot of attention. But on the other hand, it's a disruption of the routine we used to have to play on Monday night. If you're a player, you sit around all day waiting for a game. It's different than when you play at noon.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Asa Hutchinson Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements.
    Asa Hutchinson
    American businessman, attorney, and politician (1950 - )
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Candace Bushnell Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there.
    Candace Bushnell
    American author and journalist (1958 - )
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  • Adam Sandler Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Carly Fiorina Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Brandon Routh Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.
    Brandon Routh
    American actor (1979 - )
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  • Angela Davis Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Ann Beattie Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven't listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don't.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Bruce Johnston Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records.
    Bruce Johnston
    American singer, songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Al Franken Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Well, dearie, men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. But you can't blame them for that, can you?
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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