Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 2501 till 2520 of 12035.

  • Gloria Steinem Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Charlotte Bunch Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.
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  • Bjork Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Paul Goodman Few great men could pass personal.
    Paul Goodman
    American writer, poet, criticus (1911 - 1972)
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  • Martin Bormann Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his ''death,'' whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!
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  • Robert Bresson Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are.
    Robert Bresson
    French film director (1901 - 1999)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Finality is not the language of politics.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Carl Sagan Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.
    Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Peter Nivio Zarlenga First have being in your mind. Make real in your mind then bring that being into reality. The genius is he who sees what is not yet and causes it to come to be.
    Peter Nivio Zarlenga
    American businessman, founder of Blockbuster Videos
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  • Bob Mayer First novels tend to be blood-lettings, and they're focused on you, not the reader.
    Bob Mayer
    American author (1959 - )
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  • Michael Caine First of all, I choose the great [roles], and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
    Michael Caine
     
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  • Beatrice Wood First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
    Beatrice Wood
    American artist (1893 - 1998)
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  • Barbara Walters First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
    Barbara Walters
    American journalist and author (1929 - )
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  • Bruce Jackson First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by the tsunami. The huge outpouring of aid would not have happened without those images.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Carly Fiorina Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • William Arthur Ward Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
    William Arthur Ward
    American writer and poet (1921 - 1994)
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  • Francis Quarles Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Josh Billings Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Amelia Earhart Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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