Quotes with might-have-been

Quotes 1761 till 1780 of 9541.

  • Charles de Gaulle For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
    Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Carl Hagelin For guys who are into fitness, I think it's important to wear slim-fit stuff that is pretty tight so they can show off the bodies they have been working hard to have. Women are going to appreciate that.
    Carl Hagelin
    Swedish ice hockey player (1988 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • William Shakespeare For he was likely, had he been put on, to have proved most royally.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Wordsworth For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • William Shakespeare For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, action nor utterance, nor the power of speech, to stir men's blood. I only speak right on. I tell you that which you yourselves do know.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Boethius For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • Boethius For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
    De Consolatione Philosophia Book 2, prose 4
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • Alice Walker For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Richard Nixon For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways - to the voices of quiet anguish, to voices that speak without words, the voices of the heart, to the injured voices, and the anxious voices, and the voices that have despaired of being heard.
    Richard Nixon
    American president (1913 - 1994)
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  • Bill McCartney For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian church would require they walk away from their traditions to fit into the Gentile culture. We must face these past wrongs.
    Bill McCartney
    American football player and coach (1940 - )
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  • Beth Ditto For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And, importantly, it's healthy.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Ben Simmons For me, I always try and deliver. Regardless of the situation, I always try and play hard every time I step out on the court. If I don't deliver and play well, then I know I haven't been working hard enough.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • Carla Hall For me, I love the flavors of Southern food, and people usually think of Southern food as heavy and fattening, but it doesn't have to be.
    Carla Hall
    American chef and television personality (1964 - )
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  • Betsy Brandt For me, I need to be able to show up on set and fart around and goof around. If I can have that, when I'm not acting, then when I'm acting I can go however deep and dark and bad I need to. I developed that more with 'Breaking Bad' because I've never worked on anything as dark for as long.
    Betsy Brandt
    American actress (1973 - )
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  • Brendan Gleeson For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm not a great man for doing something just because it's Irish, and you never know what's going to work. But as long as we keep the standards up, people will continue to invest in films. It's as simple as that.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Bryan Fuller For me, nudity and strong language have never been huge loadbearing elements of how I like to tell a story. Graphic images certainly are.
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • August Wilson For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else.
    August Wilson
    American playwright (1945 - 2005)
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