Quotes with one-yard

Quotes 1441 till 1460 of 5916.

  • Georges Bataille I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • Allen Tate I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Rosa Parks I believe there is only one race - the human race.
    Rosa Parks
    American activist in the civil rights movement (1913 - 2005)
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  • Maya Angelou I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • E. M. Forster I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Thomas Carlyle I call the book of Job, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with the pen.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Ben Stein I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human.
    E! Online, 12-20-03
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Henry Ward Beecher I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Barbara Walters I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
    Barbara Walters
    American journalist and author (1929 - )
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  • Luis Bunuel I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.
    Luis Bunuel
    Spanish director (1900 - 1983)
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  • Armistead Maupin I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a strong impact on the lives of other people. Just because I've heard it before does not mean I don't want to hear it one more time.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Fred A. Allen I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Anne Rice I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. Well, I don't understand how you can go so long without a cigarette, she responds in a tone of reproach. Because work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself.
    Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (2001) Ch. 1: Serving in Florida (p. 31)
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Samuel Butler I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Adam Michnik I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
    Adam Michnik
    Polish historian, essayist and dissident (1946 - )
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  • Ronald Reagan I could see where you could have the exchange of tactical weapons against troupes in the field without it bringing either one of the major powers to pushing the button.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Bruno Mars I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Alanis Morissette I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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