Quotes with old-time

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  • Bob Harper It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.
    Bob Harper
    American personal trainer, reality television personality, and author (1965 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bruce Forsyth It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Will Durant It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber It must have been an extraordinary time. I guess the worrying thing about musical theatre to me, is if you look at the London season this year, mine is actually the only one to have come in.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Ben E. King It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Alice Walker It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Margaret Thatcher It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • George Bernard Shaw It seems as though every time you learn something new you have to give up something.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Carl Sagan It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas... If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you... On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Bruce Cockburn It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Edgar Z. Friedenberg It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.
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  • Alice Koller It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.
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  • Edward Dahlberg It takes a long time to understand nothing.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Gertrude Stein It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.
    Gertrude Stein
    American author (1874 - 1946)
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  • Judith Rossner It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where you are than to get out.
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  • Louisa May Alcott It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • Robert Benchley It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up, because by that time I was too famous.
    Robert Benchley
    American humorist, criticus (1889 - 1945)
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  • Madeleine Albright It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
    Madeleine Albright
    Czechoslovak-American politician and diplomat. (1937 - 2022)
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