Quotes with never-was

Quotes 1981 till 2000 of 2959.

  • Desmond Tutu Show me where Christ said "Love thy fellow man, except for the gay ones." Gay people, too, are made in my God's image. I would never worship a homophobic God.
    Source: Washington Post, 12 March 2010
    Desmond Tutu
    South African cleric and human rights activist (1931 - 2021)
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  • H. L. Wayland Show us a man who never makes a mistake and we will show you a man who never makes anything. The capacity for occasional blundering is inseparable from the capacity to bring things to pass. The only men who are past the danger of making mistakes are the men who sleep at Greenwood.
    H. L. Wayland
     
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  • Audre Lorde Silence has never brought us anything of worth.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Confucius Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Charles de Gaulle Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.
    Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Benjamin Stillingfleet Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.
    Benjamin Stillingfleet
    British botanist, translator and author (1702 - 1771)
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Ann Bancroft Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.
    Ann Bancroft
    American author, teacher, adventurer (1955 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Caleb Carr So if it seems that some of what I'll have to say in the pages to come doesn't reflect the mellowing of age, that's only because I've never found that life and memories respond to time the way that tobacco does.
    Source: The Angel of Darkness (1997)
    Caleb Carr
    American military historian and author (1955 - )
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  • Will Rogers So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Mao Tse-Tung So long as a person who has made mistakes... honestly and sincerely wishes to be cured and to mend his ways, we should welcome him and cure his sickness so that he can become a good comrade. We can never succeed if we just let ourselves go and lash at h
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • Diana Spencer - Princess of Wales So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
    Diana Spencer - Princess of Wales
    Member of the British royal family, first wife of Prince Charles (1961 - 1997)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
    Diana Spencer Princess of Wales
    British princess
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  • Calista Flockhart So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Barack Obama So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • William Shakespeare So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • A. B. Yehoshua So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.
    A. B. Yehoshua
    Israeli novelist (1936 - )
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  • Buddy Rich So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Carlisle Floyd Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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