Quotes with petty--never

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  • Bo Burnham In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.
    Bo Burnham
    American comedian, musician, actor and poet (1990 - )
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  • Walter Lippmann In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Lord Chesterfield In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • George Orwell In moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one's own body.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Carine Roitfeld In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Carole King In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.
    Carole King
    American singer-songwriter (1942 - )
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  • William Congreve In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • Galileo Galilei In my opinion nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
    Galileo Galilei
    Italian physicist (1564 - 1642)
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  • Bruno Mars In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Albert Camus In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Bert Lance In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.
    Bert Lance
    American businessman (1931 - 2013)
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  • Napoleon In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Thomas Carlyle In private life I never knew anyone interfere with other people's disputes but he heartily repented of it.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bjork In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Cynthia Ozick In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.
    Cynthia Ozick
    American writer (1928 - )
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  • Andrew Coyle Bradley In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character.
    Andrew Coyle Bradley
    American lawyer (1844 - 1902)
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  • Mark Twain In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Simone Weil In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Bill Skarsgard In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That's not what I'm interested in.
    Bill Skarsgard
    Swedish actor (1990 - )
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