Quotes with right-about-face

Quotes 481 till 500 of 1609.

  • Miguel de Cervantes I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Hank Aaron I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
    Hank Aaron
    American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder (1934 - )
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  • Ben Folds I don't get
    Many things right the first time
    In fact, I am told that a lot
    Now I know all the wrong turns
    And stumbles and falls
    Brought me here.
    Lyrics The Luckiest, Rockin the Suburbs (2001)
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Antonio Tabucchi I don't know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live their lives they have no choice but to face up to the image others have of them. They're forced to look at themselves in a mirror, and they often manage to glimpse something of themselves.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Astrid Lindgren I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.
    Astrid Lindgren
    Swedish children's book and novelist (1907 - 2002)
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  • Barack Obama I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
    in 2004
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Peter Carey I don't think you have the right to shout about other people's private life.
    (2012)
    Peter Carey
    Australian writer (1943 - )
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  • Louis Armstrong I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you!
    Louis Armstrong
    American trumpeter, composer and singer (1901 - 1971)
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  • Michael J. Fox I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face.
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  • Tim Robbins I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, ''If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.''
    Tim Robbins
    American actor (1958 - )
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  • Ann Druyan I guess I so desperately want to see us put this planet right. It's so horrifying to me that a fifth of us are starving every night, and that forty thousand children die every single day.
    Ann Druyan
    American writer (1949 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I have a group of friends in my life, and we all give each other something different. I've known my two closest friends for many years. One is a friend from high school, and the other I met right after college. My deep, deep friends remind me every day of the good parts of my personality.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Maxine Waters I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.
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  • Bruce Sutter I have an older son, Josh, and growing up, he just didn't care that much for baseball. And that was fine. But Chaddie, he always wanted to go to the ballpark. He just kind of took to it right away.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Alan Dershowitz I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate.
    Alan Dershowitz
    American lawyer and author (1938 - )
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  • Abu Bakr I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.
    Abu Bakr
    Companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (573 - 634)
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  • Lee Iacocca I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Charles Dickens I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Warren Gamaliel Harding I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!
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  • Thomas Carlyle I have seen gleams in the face and eyes of the man that have let you look into a higher country.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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