Quotes with never-was

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  • Epictetus Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Jean Baudrillard Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though. We were sincere and devoted to what we did.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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  • Agatha Christie Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Bonnie Langford Dance never really goes away; it just reforms and reinvents, and it's become more athletic with new connection to fitness and sport. Dance used to have this exclusivity, but not any more.
    Bonnie Langford
    English actress, dancer and singer (1964 - )
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  • Winston Churchill Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Margaret Mitchell Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them!
    Margaret Mitchell
    American writer (1900 - 1949)
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  • Aeschylus Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Jean de la Fontaine Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
    Jean de la Fontaine
    French writer (1621 - 1695)
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  • Robert South Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.
    Robert South
    English churchman (1634 - 1716)
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  • Archibald Macleish Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.
    Archibald Macleish
    American poet (1892 - 1982)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Carol Shields Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Anthony J. D'Angelo Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
    American writer
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Campbell Scott Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.
    Campbell Scott
    American actor, director and producer (1961 - )
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