Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • Ellen Key Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.
    Ellen Key
    Zweeds writer (1849 - 1926)
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  • Carl Sandburg Not often in the story of mankind does a man arrive on earth who is both steel and velvet, who is as hard as rock and soft as drifting fog, who holds in his heart and mind the paradox of terrible storm and peace unspeakable and perfect.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Not on morality, but on cookery, let us build our stronghold: there brandishing our frying-pan, as censer, let us offer sweet incense to the Devil, and live at ease on the fat things he has provided for his elect!
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bess Myerson Not only do I have celebrity, but I have notoriety, which is sometimes more seductive.
    Bess Myerson
    American politician and model (1924 - 2014)
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  • Bonnie Hunt Not only do people stop me on the street to say, 'We're walking, we're walking', but I have actually been in restaurants where the hostess was saying it to customers.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Beth Brooke Not only do the majority of senior women executives have sports in their background, they recognize that the behaviors and techniques learned through sports are critical to motivating teams and improving performance in a corporate environment.
    Beth Brooke
    American businesswoman and athelete (1959 - )
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Stephen Hawking Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Bob Schwartz Not only don't diets work, they're actually designed to fail. It's not you or your lack of will power that's the problem. It's that diets by their very nature simply don't work.
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  • Arianna Huffington Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • Adrienne Gusoff Not only is life a bitch, but it is always having puppies.
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  • Caitlin Doughty Not only is natural burial by far the most ecologically sound way to perish, it doubles down on the fear of fragmentation and loss of control. Making the choice to be naturally buried says, 'Not only am I aware that I'm a helpless, fragmented mass of organic matter, I celebrate it. Vive la decay!'
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Bruno Bettelheim Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.
    Bruno Bettelheim
    Austrian-born psychologist, scholar and author (1903 - 1990)
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  • John S. Bonnell Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.
    John S. Bonnell
    American pastor
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  • Woody Allen Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Bernie Sanders Not only must we fight to end disastrous unfettered free trade agreements with China, Mexico, and other low wage countries, we must fight to fundamentally rewrite our trade agreements so that American products, not jobs, are our number one export.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Not our logical faculty, but our imaginative one is king over us. I might say, priest and prophet to lead us to heaven-ward, or magician and wizard to lead us hellward.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Theresa May Not partial membership of the European Union or anything that leaves us half in, half out. No, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.
    British Prime Minister Theresa May Outlines Plan To Leave European Union (2017)
    Theresa May
    British politician (1956 - )
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  • Douglas Jerrold Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • Ang Lee Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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