Quotes with might-have-been

Quotes 1861 till 1880 of 9541.

  • Margot Asquith From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.
    Margot Asquith
    Anglo-Scottish socialite, author, and wit (1864 - 1945)
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  • Carl Safina From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're gotten ourselves into this sort of apocalyptic time. We're willing to destroy almost everything, risk almost anything, and go ahead with techniques for which we have no way of responding to the known problems.
    Carl Safina
    American ecologist and author (1955 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Brantley Gilbert From the R&B side, I've always been a huge Brian McKnight fan. He's just as talented as it gets vocally, and as a musician. I think it'd be real cool to do something with him.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Ayn Rand From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Brooke Shields From the time I could speak, I knew I wanted to have children. It was just an innate desire.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Ahmed Ben Bella From their point of view, I had gone too far. I had to disappear. That is to say, if the Algerian army had not overthrown me, others would have done so.
    Ahmed Ben Bella
    Algerian politician, socialist soldier and revolutionary (1916 - 2012)
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  • Angela Merkel From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Albert Bushnell Hart From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.
    Albert Bushnell Hart
    American historian, writer, and editor (1854 - 1943)
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  • Edmund Burke Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Baba Kalyani Fundamentally, we have broken our aerospace business into three parts - large parts which go into the wings and fuselage, components for jet engines, and specialised structural components for landing gear.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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  • Bootsy Collins Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the very essence of all that is. And saying that, I'm saying funk is anything that we create in our minds that we want to do, what we want to be, but we don't have the resources.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Brad Holland Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it.
    Brad Holland
    American basketball player (1956 - )
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  • Bruce Feirstein Games have has as much an impact on Hollywood filmmaking as MTV music videos did.
    Bruce Feirstein
    American screenwriter and humorist (1956 - )
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  • Boy George Gay unions, what is that about? I haven't been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn't go anyway. The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn't work for straight people any more... I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
    The London Evening Standard, 20 February 2006:
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bruce Vilanch Generally with the Oscars or the Emmys there isn't much you can do until the nominations are announced. Then you know what kind of year you're dealing with - what's been overlooked, what the issues are.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Bob Keeshan Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Allen Tate Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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