Quotes with might-have-been

Quotes 8541 till 8560 of 9541.

  • Samuel Johnson When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Anatole France When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Anton Chekhov When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Bruce Vilanch When AIDS hit, lots of people banded together to take care of each other and do what the government wasn't doing. When you grow up Jewish, as I have, you learn that everybody hates you, no one's going to help you, and you have to take care of yourself. That's a great maxim to the gay community, and we took it to heart; we took care of our own.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro When Americans are faced with the prospect that they can never earn their way to wealth, they have two choices: to rebel against the system, or to settle into depressed complacency.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Edmund Burke When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Benjamin Harrison When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law?
    State of the Union Addresses of Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison
    American politician and lawyer (1833 - 1901)
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  • Bonnie Bassler When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast.
    Bonnie Bassler
    American molecular biologist
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  • Samuel Johnson When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bryan Batt When are we going to stop labeling everyone? How many times have I been referred to as 'out gay actor?' Do we say, 'out heterosexual actor' when we refer to Tom Hanks?
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Billy Graham When Christians say God has been talking to them about something, it simply means they have a strong inner conviction or feeling that God has made His will known to them.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Boy George When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Abbie Hoffman When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • Alan Alda When does she do all this thinking? We're together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We've been married 48 years.
    Alan Alda
    American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. (1936 - )
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  • Alice Hamilton When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder if they have any idea of all that that implies.
    Alice Hamilton
    American physician, research scientist, and author (1869 - 1970)
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  • Camille Paglia When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Sir John A. Macdonald When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.
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  • Burnie Burns When Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo started 'Achievement Hunter,' we expanded heavily into 'let's play'-style gaming videos and have since expanded with a massive roster of gaming talent and multiple channels dedicated just to gaming videos.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw When God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That's why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Beth Ditto When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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