Quotes with out-of-the-gates

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  • G. C. Lichtenberg A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Billy Graham A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Marcel Proust A cathedral, a wave of storm, a dancer's leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Karl Marx A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.
    Karl Marx
    German economist and state philosopher (1818 - 1883)
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  • Adrian Cronauer A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.
    Adrian Cronauer
    American air force radio personality during Vietnam War (1938 - 2018)
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  • W. H. Auden A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • John Selden A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Virginia Woolf A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Brigham Young A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Cyril Connolly A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Bobby Bowden A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
    Bobby Bowden
    American football coach (1929 - )
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  • C. E. Montague A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.
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  • Bradley Joseph A lot of musicians don't learn the business. You just have to be well-rounded in both areas. You have to understand publishing. You have to understand how you make money, what's in demand, what helps you make the most out of your talent.
    On running a label
    Bradley Joseph
    American composer and producer
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  • Cate Blanchett A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Ben Savage A lot of people say the sitcom is dead. I think they're right to some extent, in that the shows they're putting out are all the same.
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  • Lenny Bruce A lot of people say to me, ''Why did you kill Christ?'' ''I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.'' ''We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.''
    Lenny Bruce
    American Comedian (1925 - 1966)
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  • Brody Jenner A lot of times, I'm traveling or have appointments, so I don't get to work out every day, but I try to get to the gym as much as I can.
    Brody Jenner
    American television personality, disc jockey and model (1983 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Bell Hooks A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I'm committed to loving you, then it's not possible for me to 'fall out of love.'
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • John Galsworthy A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.
    John Galsworthy
    British writer, playwright (1867 - 1933)
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