Quotes with never-was

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  • Toni Morrison In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Alice Munro In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it.
    Alice Munro
    Canadian short story writer (1931 - )
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  • Henrik Ibsen In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • A. J. Liebling Inconsiderate to the last, Josef Stalin, a man who never had to meet a deadline, had the bad taste to die in installments.
    Source: The New Yorker, March 28, 1953, quoted in David Remnick, Reporting It All: A.J. Liebling at 100, The New Yorker, March 29, 2004
    A. J. Liebling
    American journalist (1904 - 1963)
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  • Barry Sanders Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • William Blake Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Pearl S. Buck Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Thaddeus Golas Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Brendan Behan Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
    Source: First Inaugural Address (1861)
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Woody Allen Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who can never
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • George Eliot Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Thomas Traherne Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never unfold?
    Thomas Traherne
    British Clergyman, Poet, Mystic (1636 - 1674)
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  • Alexander Pope Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Barack Obama Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Janet Guthrie It (racing) is a matter of spirit, not strength. It is a matter of doing your best each little moment. There's never a break. You must have desire, a very intense desire to keep going.
    Janet Guthrie
     
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  • A. E. van Vogt It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • Bobby Keys It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.
    Bobby Keys
    American saxophonist (1943 - 2014)
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  • Ben Carson It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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