Quotes with nine-and-a-half

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  • François Truffaut When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.
    François Truffaut
    French filmmaker (1932 - 1984)
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  • Blake Mycoskie When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission. In no way do I believe this means I endorse every single aspect of that organization. That may be naive, and you may disagree, but it is my sincere belief.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Martin Luther When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.
    Martin Luther
    German preacher (1483 - 1546)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books, They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Abraham Lincoln When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Barry Levinson When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.
    Barry Levinson
    American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor (1942 - )
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  • Candice Millard When I began work on my first book, 'The River of Doubt,' which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage.
    Candice Millard
    American writer and journalist (1968 - )
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  • Arthur Hailey When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.
    Arthur Hailey
    British-Canadian novelist (1920 - 2004)
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  • Brendan Behan When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Adam Clymer When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
    Adam Clymer
    American journalist (1937 - 2018)
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  • Bob Uecker When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.
    Bob Uecker
    American Major League Baseball (MLB) player (1934 - )
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  • Wayne Dyer When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Bobby Darin When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it's very exciting.
    Bobby Darin
    American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor (1936 - 1973)
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  • Audre Lorde When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
    Source: The Cancer Journals (1980)
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Ben Schnetzer When I decided I wanted to go to drama school, I realized that a lot of the actors whose careers I really admire and whose work I really admire were English and English trained. I felt there was a real vocational feel to work in the U.K.
    Ben Schnetzer
    American actor (1990 - )
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  • Carl Lewis When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • Asne Seierstad When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
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  • Bernard Tschumi When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from my bed. I no longer have that image, and I mourn it.
    Bernard Tschumi
    French-Swiss architect, writer, and educator (1944 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it, ALWAYS.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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