Quotes with over-daring

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  • Agnes Macphail Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.
    Agnes Macphail
    Canadian politician (1890 - 1954)
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  • Albert Ellis Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Bill Kurtis Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.
    Bill Kurtis
    American television journalist (1940 - )
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  • Brett Ratner Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.
    Brett Ratner
    American director and producer (1969 - )
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  • Anne Frank Mrs. Van Daan's grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can't any longer drive us crazy over the invasion, she nags us the whole day long about the bad weather. It really would be nice to dump her in a bucket of cold water and put her up in the loft.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Will Rogers My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Bryan Callen My dad's idea of punishment was to dress me up in all green to disguise me as grass, and then throw me in the pasture. Cows bit me all over.
    Bryan Callen
    American stand-up comedian, actor, writer (1967 - )
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  • Beth Grant My daughter's favorite musical is 'Wicked,' which she has seen hundreds of times - she even worked as an usher at the Pantages so she could see it over and over. Her dream is to play Elphaba.
    Beth Grant
    American actress (1949 - )
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  • Bitsie Tulloch My family came over from Spain about nine generations ago. I was born in San Diego, but by the time I was four days old, I was on a flight back to Spain because that's where my family was living at the time.
    Bitsie Tulloch
    American actress
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  • Bernard L. Schwartz My father was an entrepreneur - a sign maker, and he had about 20 employees - and often he'd take me to business meetings, and I would listen to him talk with his workers and customers. We would also talk a lot about business over dinner.
    Bernard L. Schwartz
    American businessman (1925 - )
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  • Bobbie Ann Mason My father-in-law was a pilot. During World War II, he was shot down in a B-17 over Belgium. With the help of the French Resistance, he made his way through Occupied France and back to his base in England.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Billy Strayhorn My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
    Billy Strayhorn
    American jazz composer and pianist (1915 - 1967)
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  • Bobby Hull My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.
    Bobby Hull
    Canadian ice hockey player (1939 - )
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  • Bjarne Stroustrup My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities.
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Danish computer scientist (1950 - )
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  • Bonnie Tyler My mother, who died aged 82, had Alzheimer's. Losing your memory is bad enough, but everything shuts down. You can't remember how to eat or go to the toilet. It's a terrible disease and so distressing to watch it take over someone you love.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Brad Sherman My positions on gun safety have remained consistent over the years, and have been on my website for years. Whether I'm in a tough re-election race, an easy re-election race, or if it isn't an election year, whether there's a high-profile tragedy in the news or otherwise, my position remains unchanged and on my website.
    Brad Sherman
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Vilanch My skirt fell off on stage during a performance of Hairspray on Broadway, revealing my fat suit over my own natural fat suit. I turned to the audience and said, 'Now you know why I spent six years in a square.'
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Barack Obama My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Brett Hull My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I've got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out.
    Brett Hull
    Canadian-born American former ice hockey player (1964 - )
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