Quotes 1481 till 1500 of 1600.
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When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation.
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When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
Journey to the Alcarria: Travels Through the Spanish Countryside (1964 edition), Atlantic Monthly Press -
When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty.
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When I move to second after playing right field, I feel like my action has gotten too deliberate, and I have to switch back into that quicker, boom-boom infield mode.
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When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.
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When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.
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When I think about the books I've written, it probably takes 150,000-200,000 words to get a 50,000 page book. Highlighting something and hitting Cmd-X is second nature.
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When I walk down the street I bet people will say there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in the game.
The Natural pt. 1 -
When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn't come from anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education...
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When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.
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When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, ''We did it ourselves.''
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
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When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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