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  • Edward Gibbon I was never less alone than when by myself.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Margaret Mitchell I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
    Margaret Mitchell
    American writer (1900 - 1949)
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  • David Bowie I was never particularly fond of my voice.
    David Bowie
    English singer, songwriter and actor (1947 - 2016)
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  • Voltaire I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Adolfo Aguilar Zinser I was never the diplomatic diplomat.
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  • Stephen Hawking I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was 'Einstein.'
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Barry J. Farber I was the only one there I never heard of.
    Barry J. Farber
    American entrepreneur, sales consultant and author
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  • Adrian Lyne I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.
    Adrian Lyne
    English film director, writer and producer (1941 - )
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  • Henry Miller I will never again go to people under false pretenses even if it is to give them the Holy Bible. I will never again sell anything, even if I have to starve. I am going home now and I will sit down and really write about people.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Francis Bacon I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Tina Turner I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!
    Tina Turner
    American singer (stage name of Anna Mae Bullock) (1939 - 2023)
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  • Anna Quindlen I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy words.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Billie Jean King I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
    Billie Jean
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Hedy Lamarr I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
    Popcorn in Paradise (1980)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Austrian-American actress and inventor (1914 - 2000)
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  • Bob Richards I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar.
    Bob Richards
    American athlete (1926 - )
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  • Neil Kinnock I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me.
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  • Buzz Osborne I would love to sell millions of records, but that's never gonna be the case.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Bill Bailey I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well, I say work, you know, words, randomly arranged to form millions of dollars... I'm not bitter at all...
    Dandelion Mind
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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