Quotes with non-being

Quotes 781 till 800 of 1961.

  • Remy de Gourmont If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined.
    Remy de Gourmont
    French writer, poet and philosopher (1858 - 1915)
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  • Bill Vaughan If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist it's another nonconformist who does not conform to the prevailing standards of non-conformity.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Teena Booth If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
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  • Billy Wilder If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.
    The Bright Side of Billy Wilder
    Billy Wilder
    Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist (1906 - 2002)
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  • Zhuang Zhou If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
    Zhuang Zhou
    Chinese philosopher (369 - 286)
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  • Evelyn Waugh If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
    Evelyn Waugh
    British novelist (1903 - 1966)
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  • Bruce Lipton If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that's when your positive thoughts work.
    Bruce Lipton
    American developmental biologist (1944 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Kofi Annan If you are neutral in a situation where one side is patently being mistreated, the conclusion is that you're siding with this wrong.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Jerome K. Jerome If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby ''it.''
    Jerome K. Jerome
    British Humorous Writer, Novelist, Playwright (1859 - 1927)
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  • Bill Goldberg If you don't want to investigate what you're passing judgment on, then it's your fault. And I believe that if people investigate Goldberg as a human being, I'm not such a bad guy.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Birgitte Hjort Sorensen If you go for an audition, you have a character description, and for the women, it's always about being beautiful, sexy. And for the men it's more about the character than how he appears physically. That annoys me.
    Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
    Danish actrice (1982 - )
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  • Bridget Moynahan If you go from a structure where you have the support and that partner and that construction of a family and that's broken apart, I think that's probably a lot harder than always being a single mom and having the father being a support in another area.
    Bridget Moynahan
    American actress and model (1971 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw If you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it you will not enjoy yourself there.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bernard Meltzer If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.
    Bernard Meltzer
    American professor (1916 - 1998)
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  • Isaac Bashevis Singer If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Polish Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1978) (1902 - 1991)
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  • Thomas Carlyle If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • C. K. Williams If you spend your whole life being depressed about life, you're wasting it.
    C. K. Williams
    American poet, critic and translator (1936 - 2015)
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