Quotes with not-so-fun

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  • George Bernard Shaw My friend, when a man has anything to tell in this world, the difficulty is not to make him tell it, but to prevent him from telling it too often.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bernadette Devlin My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
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  • Bill Flores My goal is to be the tough negotiator but... not to air differences through press releases.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Bode Miller My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It's a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Brock Lesnar My hands. I'm constantly working on my hands. I'm constantly working on my ground game and constantly trying not to get satisfied with where I'm at with my career and where I'm at as an athlete. I'm somewhat happy, but never satisfied.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • A. E. Housman My heart always warms to people who do not come to see me, especially Americans, to whom it seems to be more of an effort.
    Source: Letter to Neilson Abeel (October 4, 1935).
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Blanche Lincoln My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts.
    Blanche Lincoln
    American politician and lawyer (1960 - )
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  • Bill Skarsgard My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.
    Bill Skarsgard
    Swedish actor (1990 - )
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold My home is not a place, it is people.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • Ovid My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Ben Folds My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and you can get down to details, like taking out cymbals so the verse doesn't dwarf the chorus, something like that.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Brandon Sanderson My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.
    Brandon Sanderson
    American author of epic fantasy and science fiction (1975 - )
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  • Ben Folds My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the lyric.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Antonio Tabucchi My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Arthur Blank My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job.
    Arthur Blank
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Ann Druyan My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together.
    Ann Druyan
    American writer (1949 - )
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  • Anna Held My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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W. Bruce Cameron My main characters are the most sunny, happy, optimistic, loving creatures on the face of the Earth. I couldn't be happier that's where I start. I can put as many flawed people in the dog's world as I like, but the dog doesn't care. Dog doesn't judge. Dog doesn't dislike. Dog loves. That's not so bad.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Bobby Fischer My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They're not just persecuting me. This is not just my struggle, I'm not just doing this for myself... This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They're a menace to the whole world.
    Source: Radio Interview, March 10 1999 [9]
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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