Quotes with not-so-great

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  • Marquis de Sade She had already allowed her delectable lover to pluck that flower which, so different from the rose to which it is nevertheless sometimes compared, has not the same faculty of being reborn each spring.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • George Bernard Shaw She has lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Billie Lourd She raised me to not think of men and women as different. She raised me without gender. It's kind of the reason she named me Billie. It's not about being a strong woman - it's about being a strong person.
    Billie Lourd
    American actress (1992 - )
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  • Alice Walker She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • William Wordsworth She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthly years.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Ada Leverson She thought that most women make a great mistake in allowing dress to be the master instead of the servant of their good looks; many women were, she considered, entirely crushed and made insignificant by the beauty of their clothes.
    Source: Tenterhooks (1912)
    Ada Leverson
    British writer (1862 - 1933)
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  • Carl Sagan She too had found the experience transforming. How could she not? A demon had been exorcised. Several. And just when she felt more capable of love than she had ever been, she found herself alone.
    Source: Contact (1985) Ch. 23 (p. 407)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Mark Twain She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Oscar Wilde She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Brantley Gilbert She's definitely an angel sent from above. How can that not rub off on a man? What can I say? I'm a mama's boy.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Boy George She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Barry Sanders Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Banksy Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.
    Banksy
    England-based anonymous street artist and political activist
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  • Henry David Thoreau Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at evening about the rafters?
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bo Bennett Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • W. C. Fields Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
    W. C. Fields
    American Actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Barbara Walters Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
    Barbara Walters
    American journalist and author (1929 - )
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  • B. F. Harris Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that he profits most who serves best and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying.
    B. F. Harris
     
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  • Aaron Hill Shun fear, it is the ague of the soul! a passion man created for himself - for sure that cramp of nature could not dwell in the warm realms of glory.
    Aaron Hill
    English dramatist and writer (1685 - 1750)
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  • Seneca Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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