Quotes with might-have-been

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  • Robert H. Schuller Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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  • Camille Paglia American feminism's nose dive began when Kate Millet, that imploding beanbag of poisonous self-pity, declared Freud a sexist. Trying to build a sex theory without studying Freud, women have made nothing but mud pies.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Bernadette Devlin Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
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  • Anatole France An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Voltaire Animals have these advantages over man: They have no theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Dave Barry Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • Francis Bacon Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Harry S. Truman Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Bennie Thompson Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Bernie Worrell As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape.
    Bernie Worrell
    American keyboardist and record producer (1944 - 2016)
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  • Henry David Thoreau As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Oscar Wilde As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have it's fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bill Hybels As you walk with God, your faith will grow, your confidence will increase and your prayers will have real power.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Publilius Syrus At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Jean-Luc Godard Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion.
    Jean-Luc Godard
    French film director (1930 - 2022)
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  • Clare Boothe Luce Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes."
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Emma Goldman Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Marie Beyon Ray Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.
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