Quotes with one-third

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  • Bobbie Ann Mason My father had all these great names for our cows. Bossy and Daisy and Petunia and Turnip. One of my jobs was to round up the cows before milking. I'd go out back with the dog and bring them in.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Bob Hope My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar - I went steady with a woodpecker till I was twenty-one.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Andrew Taylor Still My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.
    Andrew Taylor Still
    American physician and surgeon (1828 - 1917)
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  • Broderick Crawford My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.
    Broderick Crawford
    American actor (1911 - 1986)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Ben Lloyd-Hughes My first ever-ever professional role was in a television show in England called 'Love Soup.' It starred Tamsin Greig. I just played a small role - I think officially my role was 'teenage boy' - it was one episode.
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
    British actor (1988 - )
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  • Bill Bailey My first job was selling doors, door to door. That's a tough job isn't it? Bing Bong; Hello, can I interest you in a- oh shit you've got one already haven't you? Well never mind...
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    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Boomer Esiason My goal is for Gunnar to outlive me. That's the way it should be. My dream is for him to be a dad himself one day, so he can find out all the anxiety that kids bring to their dads.
    Boomer Esiason
    American football player (1961 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson My grandmother and my father always said I would end up as a missionary. Well, I feel like I am one now.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Brody Jenner My heart really lies in my jewelry line, Archangel. I have really enjoyed watching the company go from nothing and slowly building it year by year, and getting into one store, then another store. And then I'll see someone wearing a piece of it on the streets, and it's all very exciting.
    Brody Jenner
    American television personality, disc jockey and model (1983 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth My holidays are very important. Mind you, I take a very long one every year.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Boyd Rice My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind.
    Boyd Rice
    American musician (1956 - )
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  • George Foreman My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
    George Foreman
    American professional boxer (1949 - )
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  • Ahmed Ben Bella My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
    Ahmed Ben Bella
    Algerian politician, socialist soldier and revolutionary (1916 - 2012)
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  • Maya Angelou My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Al Sharpton My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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