Quotes with not-too-distant

Quotes 1441 till 1460 of 11267.

  • Bernie S. Siegel Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Bill Plympton Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist.
    Bill Plympton
    American animator, graphic designer and cartoonist (1946 - )
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  • Fran Lebowitz Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good excuse not to play football.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Buchi Emecheta Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's nothing bad in it, but that does not make me a feminist writer. I hate that name. The tag is from the Western world - like we are called the Third World.
    Buchi Emecheta
    Nigerian-born British novelist (1944 - 2017)
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  • Beck Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to that, but it should exist.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Anish Kapoor Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • Arthur Wellesley Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
    Arthur Wellesley
    Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (1769 - 1852)
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  • Bud Grant Being cold for a short period of time is not life-threatening. You can perform a task when you're cold. We proved that when the Vikings played outside.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Bud Grant Being cold is not debilitating. We learned that from the Eskimos. They could be cold, and they could function. And you could function better when you're cold than when you're hot. I mean, hot, you become overheated, and, you know, you lose energy. If you're cold, you could function being cold. Now, frozen is different.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Candice Swanepoel Being confident in your own skin is very sexy. I think when you have fun and are yourself that is sexy too.
    Candice Swanepoel
    South African model and philanthropist (1988 - )
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  • Beryl Bainbridge Being constantly with the children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.
    Injury Time ch. 4, pp. 41-42.
    Beryl Bainbridge
    English writer (1932 - 2010)
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  • Assata Shakur Being in Cuba has allowed me to live in a society that is not at war with itself. There is a sense of community. It's a given in Cuba that, if you fall down, the person next to you is going to help you get up.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert Being in Nashville was not me, and I needed to go home and reset before I got in over my head.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, ''I did not give it to the man, but to humanity.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Golda Meir Being seventy is not a sin.
    Golda Meir
    Prime Minister of Israel (1898 - 1978)
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  • Carl Hagelin Being surrounded by hockey, I got forced into it as a kid. I started skating when I was 4 and had a rink only 10 minutes from my home. In my town, we had one outdoor rink and one indoor rink, so you could skate all year long. I lived by a lake, too, so we did a lot of skating on the lake.
    Carl Hagelin
    Swedish ice hockey player (1988 - )
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  • Harry S. Truman Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • David J. Schwartz Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier - certainly no more difficult - than small ideas and small plans.
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • Bjork Believe it or not, I'm a bit clumsy with technology. It's probably why I'm so excited about the touchscreen - even an idiot can use it!
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Buddha Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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