Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 9701 till 9720 of 12035.

  • Britt Daniel There was a very obnoxious phase for Axl Rose. I'm sure if I had experienced as much success as he had, I would probably be a third as obnoxious. I'd probably be obnoxious, too. But not that much.
    Britt Daniel
    American musician (1971 - )
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  • Bret Harte There was commotion in Roaring Camp. It could not have been a fight, for in 1850 that was not novel enough to have called together the entire settlement.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Olive Schreiner There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
    Olive Schreiner
    South African author and anti-war campaigner (1855 - 1920)
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  • Charles Dudley Warner There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.
    Charles Dudley Warner
    American writer (1829 - 1900)
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  • Buzz Aldrin There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Carol Leifer There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.
    Carol Leifer
    American comedian, writer, producer and actress (1956 - )
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  • Butch Trucks There will always be kids in every generation that understand that Lady Gaga is not music, it's theater.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Brody Jenner There will be a time very shortly that I just might not be in front of the camera at all, and I might just be behind the scenes. I love doing television, though. I don't necessarily love being in front of the camera.
    Brody Jenner
    American television personality, disc jockey and model (1983 - )
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  • Napoleon Hill There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • George Herbert There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Nikki Giovanni There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.
    Nikki Giovanni
    American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator (1943 - )
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  • Robert J. Ringer There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.
    Robert J. Ringer
    American writer
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  • Cass Sunstein There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in academic life if you say things that are common sense and people nod their heads, it's not very useful. You're not adding anything.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Billy Joel There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Toni Morrison There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises.... If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest, not what pays.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Bastian Schweinsteiger There's a famous slogan here in the Bavarian dialect, and we use it inside Bayern Munich. We say, 'Mia san mia.' Literally, it is, 'We are we,' but it means, 'We are who we are.' That's not being very arrogant, but we are very confident about our ability to win the game. It is about a winning mentality.
    Bastian Schweinsteiger
    German professional footballer (1984 - )
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  • Josh Billings There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Aaron Sorkin There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
    Aaron Sorkin
    American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright (1961 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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