Quotes with never-was

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  • B. B. King If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Carlton Fisk If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.
    Carlton Fisk
    American baseball player (1947 - )
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  • Carter G. Woodson If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Heinrich Heine If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin they would never have found time to conquer the world.
    Heinrich Heine
    German poet (1797 - 1856)
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  • C. S. Lewis If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Vance Havner If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
    Vance Havner
    American writer
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  • Bobby Seale If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party.
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • John Bright If this phrase of the ''balance of power'' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.
    John Bright
    British politician (1811 - 1889)
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  • Henry Miller If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Virginia Woolf If we didn't live adventurously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Anna Howard Shaw If we ever get to the polls once, you will never get us home.
    Anna Howard Shaw
    American activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement (1847 - 1919)
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  • Ray Bradbury If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
    Ray Bradbury
    American science-fiction writer (1920 - 2012)
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  • Aldous Huxley If we must play the theological game, let us never forget that it is a game. Religion, it seems to me, can survive only as a consciously accepted system of make-believe.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • George S. Patton If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Robert Schumann If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
    Robert Schumann
    German composer (1810 - 1856)
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  • James A. Garfield If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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  • Kazuo Ishiguro If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.
    Kazuo Ishiguro
    English novelist and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Bill Hader If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • H. Ross Perot If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
    H. Ross Perot
    American businessman & politician, founder EDS (1930 - 2019)
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  • Marlene Blaszczyk If you don't care, your customer never will.
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