Quotes with short-cuts

Quotes 201 till 220 of 314.

  • Cher Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. To us, exercise is nothing short of a miracle.
    Cher
    American singer and actress (1946 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Michel de Certeau One is a socialist because one used to be one, no longer going to demonstrations, attending meetings, sending in one's dues, in short, without paying.
    Michel de Certeau
    French writer
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  • Francesco Guicciardini One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
    Francesco Guicciardini
    Italian politician, soldier and historian (1483 - 1540)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Seneca Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Barney Frank Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • William Shakespeare Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • John Selden Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Gene Fowler Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.
    Gene Fowler
    American journalist, author and dramatist (1890 - 1960)
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  • Aaron Spelling Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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  • Alexander Herzen Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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  • George Ade She was short on intellect, but long on shape.
    George Ade
    American humorist, playwright (1866 - 1944)
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  • Victor Hugo Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Charles Péguy Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
    Charles Péguy
    French writer and poet (1873 - 1914)
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  • Anthony Doerr Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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