Quotes with petty--never

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  • W. H. Auden My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Jean Paul Getty My father said: ''You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.''
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Marianne Moore My father used to say superior people never make long visits.
    Marianne Moore
    American poet (1887 - 1972)
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  • Diane Arbus My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone.
    Diane Arbus
    American photographer (1923 - 1971)
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  • Bill Bailey My first job was selling doors, door to door. That's a tough job isn't it? Bing Bong; Hello, can I interest you in a- oh shit you've got one already haven't you? Well never mind...
    Part Troll
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Bill Bryson My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Bruce Sutter My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never worried about innings or pitches. I just pitched.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Mark Zuckerberg My goal was never to make Facebook cool.
    Q&A 6 november 2014
    Mark Zuckerberg
    American internet entrepreneur (1984 - )
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  • Bobbi Brown My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open, because you never know what's going to come your way.
    Bobbi Brown
    American professional makeup artist, author and public speaker
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  • Lord George Byron My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Peter Carey My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before.
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    Peter Carey
    Australian writer (1943 - )
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  • Bjorn Borg My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
    Bjorn Borg
    Swedish tennis player (1956 - )
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  • Franz Kafka My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Brock Lesnar My hands. I'm constantly working on my hands. I'm constantly working on my ground game and constantly trying not to get satisfied with where I'm at with my career and where I'm at as an athlete. I'm somewhat happy, but never satisfied.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Betty Parsons My husband wanted me to be a typical socialite. We never agreed on anything, so finally we decided it wasn't going to work.
    Betty Parsons
    American artist, art dealer, and collector (1900 - 1982)
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  • B. B. King My last divorce was in '68. What made it come to a head was a promise. See, I had promised her that the next year I wouldn't work as much. But then I got in trouble with the IRS, and I had to continue working just as much to pay the government. So she said I lied, which is something I never did.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Bill Walton My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • George Bernard Shaw My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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