Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 4521 till 4540 of 12035.

  • Herschel Walker If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
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  • Cass Elliot If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless.
    Cass Elliot
    American singer and actress (1941 - 1974)
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  • William Morris If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
    William Morris
    British artist, writer (1834 - 1896)
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  • Anna Quindlen If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Wendell Phillips If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
    Wendell Phillips
    American Reformer, Orator (1811 - 1884)
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  • Bill Maris If you want to invest in early-stage technologies, putting a timeframe on it does behold you to Silicon Valley economics. You've got a certain time period where you have to make the money. And you have to invest that money whether you find good companies or not.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Adam Grant If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
    Adam Grant
    American author and professor (1981 - )
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  • Baz Luhrmann If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
    Baz Luhrmann
    Australian director, writer, and producer (1962 - )
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  • Archibald Alexander If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.
    Archibald Alexander
    American Presbyterian theologian and professor (1772 - 1851)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Epictetus If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Blaise Pascal If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Anne Bronte If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Benjamin Franklin If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Alexander Maclaren If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.
    Alexander Maclaren
    British preacher (1826 - 1910)
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  • Anthony Burgess If you write fiction you are, in a sense, corrupted. There's a tremendous corruptibility for the fiction writer because you're dealing mainly with sex and violence. These remain the basic themes, they're the basic themes of Shakespeare whether you like it or not.
    Anthony Burgess
    British writer, criticus (1917 - 1993)
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  • Vince Lombardi If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Cameron Sinclair If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone,' then you only impact the few and not the many.
    Cameron Sinclair
    British architect and writer (1973 - )
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  • Bill Nye If you're an adult and you choose not to believe in science, fine, but please don't prevent your children from learning about it and letting them draw their own conclusions.
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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  • Bel Powley If you're doing something like 'Arcadia' by Tom Stoppard, which has been done millions and millions of times, and it's been played some unbelievably well-respected actors, there's a lot more pressure there. But I try not to think about all the other people who have done it before me. You've got to try and be original.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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