Quotes with not-so-great

Quotes 11321 till 11340 of 12035.

  • Ben Brantley Whether you like it or not, a performance's triumphs and belly flops come to seem excruciatingly intimate, as if you were somehow partly responsible for them.
    Ben Brantley
    American theater critic and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Basil Bunting Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
    Basil Bunting
    British poet (1900 - 1985)
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  • Bill Rancic Whether you want to admit it or not, people begin to judge you the minute you walk in the door.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Carson Kressley Whether you're gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin's a different color, it's absurd in this age to not be aware and be concerned of the inequity in rights.
    Carson Kressley
    American television personality, actor, and designer (1969 - )
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  • Bruce Jackson Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Arthur Laffer Which would you rather have, capital lined up on your borders, trying to get into your country or trying to get out of your country? We are the capital magnet of this planet and we are the savior for not only people, for not only freedom, but also for capital.
    Arthur Laffer
    American economist and author (1940 - )
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  • Bill Mauldin While a guy at home is sweating over his income tax and Victory garden, a dogface somewhere is getting great joy out of wiggling his little finger. He does it just to see it move and to prove to himself that he is still alive and able to move it.
    Source: Up Front
    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Bill Shuster While America has always been and always will be a safe harbor for those being persecuted by tyrannical governments we must be vigilant to ensure those individuals are not taking advantage of America's generosity and good will.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Ray Kroc While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
    Ray Kroc
    American businessman, founder McDonalds (1902 - 1984)
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  • James Thurber While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Bruce Hornsby While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should.
    Bruce Hornsby
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1954 - )
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman While husbands and lovers in the stories [of the 14th century] are of all kinds, ranging from sympathetic to disgusting, women are invariably deceivers: inconstant, unscrupulous, quarrelsome, querulous, lecherous, shameless, although not necessarily all of these at once.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • St. Francis de Sales While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
    St. Francis de Sales
    Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church (1567 - 1622)
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  • John B. S. Haldane While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Ann Beattie While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Sir Alfred Jules Ayer While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.
    Sir Alfred Jules Ayer
    English philosopher (1910 - 1989)
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  • Bill Owens While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bob Dylan While one who sings with his tongue on fire
    Gargles in the rat race choir
    Bent out of shape from society's pliers
    Cares not to come up any higher
    But rather get you down in the hole
    That he's in
    Source: Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Adam Schiff While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans, we are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King's dream.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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