Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 2601 till 2620 of 12035.

  • Lawrence Durrell For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential, the imagination.
    Lawrence Durrell
    British Author (1912 - 1990)
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  • Alexander Dubcek For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher.
    Alexander Dubcek
    Czechoslovak and Slovak politician (1921 - 1992)
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  • Bob Iger For us to grow globally, it's not enough to just be an exporter. We have to be a creator.
    Bob Iger
    American business executive (1951 - )
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  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Egyptian politician and diplomat (1922 - 2016)
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  • Thornton Wilder For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Billy Joel For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Simone Weil For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • John F. Kennedy For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Audre Lorde For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real power is rediscovered. It is this real connection, which is so feared by a patriarchal world.
    Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (2012) 111
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Bonnie Langford For years I used to try to straighten my hair, but I've reached a stage where I think, 'I've got red curly hair, and it's actually really great.'
    Bonnie Langford
    English actress, dancer and singer (1964 - )
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  • Edgar Cayce For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.
    Edgar Cayce
    American clairvoyant (1877 - 1945)
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  • Matthew Prior Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
    Matthew Prior
    British diplomat, poet (1664 - 1721)
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  • Pierre Corneille Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
    Pierre Corneille
    French playwright (1606 - 1684)
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  • John Bright Force is not a remedy.
    John Bright
    British politician (1811 - 1889)
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  • Ben Johnson Force works on servile natures, not the free.
    Ben Johnson
    English playwright and poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Sir Thomas Browne Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
    Sir Thomas Browne
    British author, physician and philosopher (1605 - 1682)
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  • Barry Ritholtz Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Brooke Burke Forget all the bars and schmoozing and everybody checking out everybody else. My ideal date would be to park in a dark place, check out the stars, and have a great conversation. When all else fails, you can just make out.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Mark Twain Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Kahlil Gibran Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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