Quotes with old-world

Quotes 1741 till 1760 of 3762.

  • Quentin Crisp My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Adam Sandler My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Barry Diller My opinion, young people go to the Internet. To the Internet distribution system right now, you put it up there and it's accessed by the world.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Bill Mauldin My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon I did some thirty-odd years ago of a soldier in an Italian foxhole reading about the Normandy invasion and observing to his buddy that: The hell this ain't the most important hole in the world. I'm in it.
    Mud & Guts : A Look at the Common Soldier of the American Revolution
    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Buzz Aldrin My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Bret Easton Ellis My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.
    American Psycho (2014) 302
    Bret Easton Ellis
    American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director (1964 - )
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  • Bill Rancic My parents were out of town and sent me to stay at my grandma's house. That's where I learned how to make pancakes. I served them to all the old ladies who lived on her block. After the meal, they each left a $5 bill next to their plates. I thought, 'Hey, I'm onto something here.'
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Billy Corgan My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Ray Bradbury My personal telephone book is a book of the dead now. I'm so old. Almost all of my friends have died, and I don't have the guts to take their names out of the book.
    Ray Bradbury
    American science-fiction writer (1920 - 2012)
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  • Betty Parsons My reputation was built on hostility. I had no friends and some very virulent enemies in the old-guard art scene when I began. They threw their heavy artillery against me. They were convinced I was perverting the public taste.
    Betty Parsons
    American artist, art dealer, and collector (1900 - 1982)
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  • Bella Thorne My secret is one the world needs to know - nearly a billion people a year die from unsafe drinking water.
    Bella Thorne
    American actress, model, singer, and director (1997 - )
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  • Aleksandar Hemon My skin was the border between the world and me.
    The Question of Bruno (2012) 13
    Aleksandar Hemon
    Short story writer, novelist, columnist (1964 - )
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  • Aleksandar Hemon My skin was the border between the world and me.
    The Question of Bruno (2012) 13
    Aleksandar Hemon
    Bosnian-American author, critic and screenwriter (1964 - )
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  • Bruce Sutter My sons remember me most as a Cardinal. My one son is 26 years old, and I don't think he's ever seen me without a beard. It's not as black as it used to be, but it's still there.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Bjorn Lomborg My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Adele My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.
    Adele
    English singer-songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Bill Engvall My wife and I had an argument last week that was so stupid, that it bears repeating. My wife collects twist ties...welcome to my world.
    Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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