Quotes with not-so-fun

Quotes 1421 till 1440 of 10439.

  • Adam Weishaupt But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
    Adam Weishaupt
    German philosopher (1748 - 1830)
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  • J. G. Ballard But I wouldn't recommend writing. You can be a successful writer and never meet another soul. I'm not sure that's a good thing.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Bjork But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Alan Bean But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.
    Alan Bean
    American naval officer and aviator (1932 - 2018)
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  • Abbey Lincoln But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.
    Abbey Lincoln
    American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress (1930 - 2010)
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  • Baruch Spinoza But if men would give heed to the nature of substance they would doubt less concerning the Proposition that Existence appertains to the nature of substance: rather they would reckon it an axiom above all others, and hold it among common opinions. For then by substance they would understand that which is in itself, and through itself is conceived, or rather that whose knowledge does not depend on the knowledge of any other thing.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Junot Diaz But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.
    Het korte maar wonderbaarlijke leven van Oscar Wao (2008) 209
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Benjamin Whorf But in due course it became evident that not only a physical situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to people, was sometimes a factor, through the behavior of people, in the start of a fire.
    Benjamin Whorf
    American linguist and engineer (1897 - 1941)
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  • Harriet Martineau But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmonized, the religion cannot be healthy?
    Harriet Martineau
    British writer, social criticus (1802 - 1876)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship does not take away your taste for something new and dubious.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • Bell Hooks But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Ernest Hemingway But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
    The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Buck Owens But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down clothes.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • George Eliot But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Jeanette Winterson But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.
    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (2007) 172
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Anne Hutchinson But now having seen him which is invisible I fear not what man can do unto me.
    Anne Hutchinson
    American religious reformer and activist
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  • Bob Kerrey But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.
    Bob Kerrey
    American politician (1943 - )
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  • Alanis Morissette But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Barbara Hall But penance need not be paid in suffering... It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.
    A Summons to New Orleans
    Barbara Hall
    American television writer and producer (1960 - )
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  • A. J. McLean But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.
    A. J. McLean
    American singer (1978 - )
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