Quotes with modern-day

Quotes 901 till 920 of 1282.

  • Dorothy Day The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
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  • John Milton The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • David Hume The Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.
    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) 101
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Agnes E. Meyer The churches... have lost much of their authority over youth because they have refused to re-examine their religious sanctions and their dogmatic preaching in the light of modern physiology, psychology and sociology.
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  • Ben Brantley The cliche was always that 'everybody's a critic,' but it becomes truer every day. Long before reviews appear in the traditional outlets, you can now usually discover - somewhere in the thickets of the Internet - reactions to shows from people who've seen them in previews.
    Ben Brantley
    American theater critic and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Brandon Cruz The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work.
    Brandon Cruz
    American actor (1962 - )
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  • Jay Leno The crime problem in New York is getting really serious. The other day the Statue of Liberty had both hands up.
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  • Paul De Man The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear - and even, in certain respects, would be - the most modern of critical movements.
    Paul De Man
    In Belgiƫ geboren American literair criticus (1919 - 1983)
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  • Bruce Sutter The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Horace Greeley The darkest day of any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.
    Horace Greeley
    American editor (1811 - 1872)
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  • William Cowper The darkest day, If you live till tomorrow will have past away.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Bud Grant The day after high school, I was off to basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Station. You gotta understand, we didn't care about sports. We wanted to win the war. We wanted to win the war! And at the time, we didn't know if we would.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, ''You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.'' I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Anais Nin The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Norman Angell The day for progress by force has passed; it will be progress by ideas or not at all.
    The Great Illusion (1910)
    Norman Angell
    English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member (1872 - 1967)
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  • John Maynard Keynes The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion.
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Susan B. Anthony The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.
    Susan B. Anthony
    American women's rights activist (1820 - 1906)
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  • Wallace Stevens The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.
    Wallace Stevens
    American poet (1879 - 1955)
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  • Andy Warhol The day will come when everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Bobby Sands The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then we'll see the rising of the moon.
    Bobby Sands
    Irish activist and IRA member (1954 - 1981)
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