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  • Edmond de Goncourt I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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  • Burning Spear I feel that no one should be ashamed or have fear or doubt within themselves when they speak about the roots or Africa wherein I and I originate from. It's like an individual who tries to disown himself, and to me, it is a form of defeat by disowning yourself.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw I find it easy to forgive the man who invented a devilish instrument like dynamite, but how can one ever forgive the diabolical mind that invented the Nobel Prize in Literature?
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Mark Twain I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Lord Chesterfield I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Bryan Batt I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Rodney Dangerfield I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people.
    Rodney Dangerfield
    American comedian, actor (1921 - 2004)
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  • Imelda Marcos I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
    Imelda Marcos
    Filipino politician and first lady (1929 - )
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  • Alejo Carpentier I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.
    Alejo Carpentier
    Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist (1904 - 1980)
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  • Bronson Pinchot I go to the gym a lot, and I see these guys, these young actors or models there, really punishing themselves - I mean, just killing themselves. And then I'll see one of them on a billboard, with the artfully messy hair, looking as though it's just natural and easy to have a body like that.
    Bronson Pinchot
    American actor (1959 - )
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  • A. J. Foyt I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.
    A. J. Foyt
    American auto racing driver (1935 - )
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  • Bruce Bennett I guess the one thing I really learned from participating in sports was to just never say no, never stop trying, and to always believe that you can do better than the next fellow. I tried to follow this throughout my life, but I always tried to be respectful about it.
    Source: As quoted in an interview with Marc Blau (2004)
    Bruce Bennett
    American actor (1906 - 2007)
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  • Steven Wright I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Harriet Tubman I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
    Harriet Tubman
    American abolitionist and humanitarian (1822 - 1913)
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  • Bryan Robson I had to make a change. It was no slight on my staff either. We'd all been at Boro for seven years. But certain players had got too familiar with the set-up. I had to turn it round. Terry was the one man I could think of to do it. So I went for him.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Antonia Fraser I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Jean Paul Getty I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Oscar Wilde I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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