Quotes with short-cut

Quotes 341 till 360 of 418.

  • William Zinsser There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.
    William Zinsser
    American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher (1922 - 2005)
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  • Brenda Ueland These people who are always briskly doing something and as busy as waltzing mice, they have little, sharp, staccato ideas, such as: I see where I can make an annual cut of $3.47 in my meat budget. But they have no slow, big ideas.
    Brenda Ueland
    American journalist, editor, and teacher
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  • Ben Bradlee They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.
    Ben Bradlee
    American journalist (1921 - 2014)
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  • Bobby Vinton They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Barney Frank This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Bill Rancic Tight hamstrings are fierce. And I'm guilty of not allocating the time that I should to stretch. I'll put the time in for the runs, but then I go, 'I have to go here. I've got to go there.' Usually, stretching is what gets cut out of the program, but it's so critical.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Henry van Dyke Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.
    A Distant Mirror
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Ben Affleck To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump in. It would be horrible, but it led to a short, then another, and another. It was like student films.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Albert Camus To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Buddha To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Andrew Cohen To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Confucius To go too far is as bad as to fall short.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Lorrie Moore To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.
    (2011)
    Lorrie Moore
    American fiction writer (1957 - )
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  • Mel Brooks Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
    Mel Brooks
    American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and composer (1926 - )
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  • Finley Peter Dunne Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
    Finley Peter Dunne
    American Journalist, Humorist (1867 - 1936)
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  • John B. S. Haldane Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Fran Lebowitz Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • A. N. Wilson Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Beth Ditto We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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