Quotes with nine-and-a-half

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  • Carlisle Floyd There's the Bacon society, which is fostered by his fourth wife Helen Bacon, but I don't know what kind of performances his music gets. He wrote symphonic music and some chorale music.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Boy George There's this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. That's completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved.
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Bernhard Schlink There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you don't want to become a teacher or pastor or doctor, and don't know what else to do, then you become a lawyer. But I've never regretted it.
    Bernhard Schlink
    German lawyer, academic, and novelist (1944 - )
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  • Francis Bacon Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Avicenna Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.
    Avicenna
    Persian polymath (0 - 1037)
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  • Henry Drummond Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.
    Henry Drummond
    Scottish evangelist, biologist, writer and lecturer (1786 - 1860)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej Therefore, I think that in the celebration of the 50 years of the present reign, there must be research on the changes that the country has undergone, and in the future, it could be used as a lesson for our future actions.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Arthur Henderson Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Philip Roth There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.
    Source: Everyman (2006)
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Caroline Knapp These are big trade-offs for a simple piece of cake - add five hundred calories, subtract well-being, allure, and self-esteem - and the feelings behind them are anything but vain or shallow.
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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  • Brian P. Cleary These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important.
    Brian P. Cleary
    American humorist and poet (1959 - )
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  • Ahmed Ben Bella These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.
    Ahmed Ben Bella
    Algerian politician, socialist soldier and revolutionary (1916 - 2012)
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  • Atom Egoyan These are very subtle things, of course, and I don't expect everyone to pick them up consciously, but I think that there is something there that you must be able to feel, there is an energy at work that I must trust my audience will be able to pick up at some level.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bell Hooks These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Barry Manilow These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
    Barry Manilow
    American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (1943 - )
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  • William Shakespeare These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bruce Cockburn These fragile bodies of touch and taste
    This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
    Spirits open to the thrust of grace
    Never a breath you can afford to waste, when you're
    Lovers in a dangerous time
    Lovers in a dangerous time...
    Source: Stealing Fire (1984)
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Bill Luther These issues are so important. I just felt the best thing to do right now is contribute and go forward.
    Bill Luther
     
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