Quotes with old-time

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  • Billy Bragg So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
    Billy Bragg
    English singer-songwriter (1957 - )
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  • Ben Stein So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Wyndham Lewis So-called ''austerity,'' the stoic injunction, is the path towards universal destruction. It is the old, the fatal, competitive path. ''Pull in your belt'' is a slogan closely related to ''gird up your loins,'' or the guns-butter metaphor.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Bryan Adams Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Carlisle Floyd Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bill Gates Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly' [...] Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Carl I. Hagen Some have said that what is happening now is the beginning of World War III. Fundamentalists take over countries with population flows across borders. After some time riots occur, as we see now in France. There is talk about 30,000 recruited suicide bombers.
    About immigration, Islam etc. After the 2005 civil unrest in France, interviewed
    Carl I. Hagen
    Norwegian politician (1944 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Beth Ditto Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it's worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can take any of your old makeup containers into its shops, and the sweetest deal is that, once you've racked up six containers, you get a free lipstick or lip gloss.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Tryon Edwards Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Billy Campbell Some of the best auditions I've ever had have been when my agent called and said, 'They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.' I'm not sitting there thinking for a week and a half, before I'm supposed to go in front of a network president to do something. That just gives you time to be nervous.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Bud Grant Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Harry S. Truman Some of the Presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great Presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Alexander Pope Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Barbara Bush Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood... but everyone has something to give.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Bernard Gilpin Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that thinks and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers.
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  • Louis L'Amour Some say opportunity knocks only once, That is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.
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