Quotes with out-of-the-way

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  • A. E. Housman When I was one-and-twenty
    I heard him say again,
    The heart out of the bosom
    Was never given in vain;
    'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
    And sold for endless rue.
    And I am two-and-twenty
    And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
    A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 13, st. 2
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Ban Ki-moon When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Billy Collins When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Bruce Hornsby When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
    Bruce Hornsby
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1954 - )
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  • Carolyn Chute When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can be a lot of different things... but I feel like it's my job to write about the way things are.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Bobby McFerrin When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.
    Bobby McFerrin
    American jazz vocalist (1950 - )
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  • Ben Saunders When I'm skiing, I listen to electronic music. It's repetitive and let's me get into a groove and crank out the miles.
    Ben Saunders
    British explorer
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  • Bob Mould When I'm winning, winning, winning with a certain way why would I mess with that? When I realised there was lot to be gained from failing in some people's eyes, it made it all the more interesting!
    Bob Mould
    American musician (1960 - )
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  • Walt Whitman When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with such applause in the lecture room, how soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; Till rising and gliding out, I wandered off by myself, in the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, looked up in perfect silence at the stars.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Boris Johnson When lorry drivers come up behind me and I'm cycling, innocently keeping to my side of the road, and they decide because they are so big, and their lorry is so powerful, and they just want to clear me out of the road, and they hoot aggressively, then I do see red a bit. I do.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Calvin Coolidge When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Ben Hardy When my family first found out about my part in 'EastEnders' they were happy for me and very supportive.
    Ben Hardy
    British actor (1991 - )
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  • Marianne Moore When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
    Marianne Moore
    American poet (1887 - 1972)
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.
    Gift from the Sea (1955)
    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    American Author (1906 - 2001)
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  • John Donne When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Bill Nye When one shows up in jeans and a T-shirt, I strongly feel that the audience reacts in a very different way than when you show up in a sport coat and a tie.
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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  • Arthur Wellesley When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
    Arthur Wellesley
    Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (1769 - 1852)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Broderick Crawford When people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was.
    Broderick Crawford
    American actor (1911 - 1986)
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