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Quotes 521 till 540 of 1724.

  • Bruce Cockburn I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Zora Neale Hurston I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
    Zora Neale Hurston
    American novelist, short story writer, folklorist and anthropologist (1891 - 1960)
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  • Dolly Parton I do have big tits. Always had 'em - pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.
    Dolly Parton
    American singer and songwriter (1946 - )
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  • George H.W. Bush I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. I am President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
    George H.W. Bush
    American politician and president (41st) (1924 - 2018)
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  • Bette Davis I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Nikola Tesla I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.
    Nikola Tesla
    Serbian-American inventor, engineer, physicist, and futurist (1856 - 1943)
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  • Busy Philipps I do think moms should be given a break, all across the board. And I think that the most important thing is that you're healthy. After I had my little girl, I wanted to be healthy for her and have a healthy body image so that she hopefully grows up to see that her self worth isn't defined by how thin she is.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Arundhati Roy I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker or an accountant. I feel that there is a time when a political statement needs to be made and I make it.
    Arundhati Roy
    Indian author (1961 - )
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  • Buster Keaton I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures are made without script or written directions of any kind.
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  • Malcolm X I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Bryan Burrough I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.
    Bryan Burrough
    American author and correspondent (1961 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Arsenio Hall I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.
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  • A. E. van Vogt I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • Oprah Winfrey I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as someone who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
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  • Arthur Godfrey I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and trembling fear, so much of the heart's history, that all errors and shortcomings are for a while lost sight of in the amiable self assertion of youth.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Angela Merkel I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Anthony Doerr I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Buddy Hackett I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn't, I hit them.
    Buddy Hackett
    American actor and comedian (1924 - 2003)
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