Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • Louis L'Amour Some say opportunity knocks only once, That is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.
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  • Amy Clampitt Some very plausible stuff is being written by women in a way that most men are not doing.
    Amy Clampitt
    American poet and author
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  • Paul Klee Some will not recognize the truthfulness of my mirror. Let them remember that I am not here to reflect the surface... but must penetrate inside. My mirror probes down to the heart. I write words on the forehead and around the corners of the mouth. My human faces are truer than the real ones.
    Paul Klee
    Swiss artist (1879 - 1940)
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  • Fleur Adcock Somehow we manage it: to like our friends, to tolerate not only their little ways but their huge neuroses, their monumental oddness: "Oh well," we smile, "it's one of his funny days."
    Fleur Adcock
    New Zealand poet and editor (1934 - )
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  • Albert J. Nock Someone asked me years ago if it were true that I disliked Jews, and I replied that it was certainly true, not at all because they are Jews but because they are folks, and I don't like folks.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Brooke Shields Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Brad Henry Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.
    Brad Henry
    American lawyer and politician (1963 - )
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  • Bill Parcells Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Bailee Madison Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
    Bailee Madison
    American actress (1999 - )
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  • Studs Terkel Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own.
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Brendan Coyle Sometimes I think I missed out on things like travelling. I'd have been terrified of missing an audition. I didn't start a family because that's not something I take lightly. Acting meant so much to me.
    Brendan Coyle
    English-Irish actor (1962 - )
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  • Abraham H. Maslow Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Arthur C. Clarke Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Anthony Kennedy Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.
    Anthony Kennedy
    American lawyer and jurist (1936 - )
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  • Bell Hooks Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • James Dillet Freeman Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you.
    James Dillet Freeman
    American poet and preacher (1912 - 2003)
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  • Bill Brandt Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.
    Bill Brandt
    British photographer and photojournalist (1904 - 1983)
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  • Guy Davenport Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.
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