Quotes with number-one

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  • Barbara Bush At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Bill Forsyth At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.
    Bill Forsyth
    Scottish film director and writer (1946 - )
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  • Allen Tate At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Baltasar Gracián Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Cameron Mackintosh Audiences aren't going to get rid of me. One thing I can say, with absolute certainty, is that my shows will still be performed when I'm dead, buried and forgotten. They're going to absolutely outlive me, which is a wonderful thing to think about.
    Cameron Mackintosh
    British theatrical producer and theatre owner (1946 - )
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  • Erich Fromm Authority is not a quality one person ''has,'' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Richard Bach Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.
    Richard Bach
    American author (1936 - )
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  • Bill Murray Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Bill Mumy Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It's one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it.
    Bill Mumy
    American actor and musician (1954 - )
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  • William Feather Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
    William Feather
    American writer, businessman (1889 - 1981)
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  • Britt Ekland Back then I was called Dumbo because of my ears. I was called Fatty, too. It was hurtful so I became like the class clown. I became the one who was kicked around.
    Britt Ekland
    Swedish actress and singer (1942 - )
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  • Bill Buford Bahia is the Amazon's geographical next-of-kin: the same climate, forest canopy, diverse floor. But there is no wild cacao; the tree was introduced, most likely by a Frenchman, Louis Frederick Warneaux, who, in 1746, sowed seeds near one of Bahia's large rivers.
    Bill Buford
    American author and journalist
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  • John Updike Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Bill James Baseball would be a quite remarkable activity if it was the one place in the world where your co-workers didn't have any impact on how productive you were. But in fact, baseball is a high-stress occupation, and those sort of stress-inducing activities... just have a huge impact on how the team functions, I think.
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Bill Walton Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Alan Alda Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
    Alan Alda
    American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. (1936 - )
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  • Aesop Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Zig Ziglar Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Be that self which one truly is.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Charles M. Schulz Be yourself. No one can say you're doing it wrong.
    Charles M. Schulz
    American cartoonist (1922 - 2000)
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