Quotes with might-have-been

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  • William E. Gladstone Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
    William E. Gladstone
    British Liberal Prime Minister, Statesman (1809 - 1888)
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  • William Shakespeare Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
    Twelfth Night (1601)
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • C. S. Lewis Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.
    The Screwtape Letters (1942)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Francis Bacon Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Adriana Lima Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.
    Adriana Lima
    Brazilian model and actress (1981 - )
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  • Oprah Winfrey Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
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  • A. J. McLean Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.
    A. J. McLean
    American singer (1978 - )
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  • William James Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Edward Gibbon Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Arnold Bennett Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgin's lot.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Beth Ditto Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Elie Wiesel Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Camilla Belle Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
    Camilla Belle
    Brazilian-American actress, director and producer (1986 - )
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  • Bonnie Hunt Because I've been so blessed with a background in nursing and spent so much time with patients at a really intimate, vulnerable time in their lives, the one lesson I've learned is that you never turn down a challenge where you can keep your creative integrity and your heart and soul and your sense of self.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Augusten Burroughs Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Angela Davis Because it would be too agonizing to cope with the possibility that anyone, including ourĀ­ selves, could become a prisoner, we tend to think of the prison as disconnected from our own lives. This is even true for some of us, women as well as men, who have already experienced imprisonment.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Because of Christianity the West has missed many things, and one of them is meditation, the rarest flowering of a human being, because they have made it equivalent to contemplation. Contemplation is thinking. Meditation is no-thinking.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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