Quotes with special-case

Quotes 281 till 300 of 333.

  • Albert Camus To those who despair of everything reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that lay at the root of the despair, namely humiliation and hatred.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • B. C. Forbes Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can't help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won't want to worry.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Burnie Burns Usually, YouTube channels are named after the person that you see on camera... or in the case of ours, it could have been the show, but we didn't even name the company 'Red vs. Blue.' We named it something else to give people the idea that we were going to be doing more than that.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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  • Brigitte Bardot Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.
    Brigitte Bardot
    French fashion model, singer and actress (1934 - )
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  • Bob Woodward Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Beyonce Knowles We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends' birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Bill Bruford We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through.
    Bill Bruford
    English drummer, composer and producer (1949 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Stephen Hawking We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
    Der Spiegel (17 oktober 1988).
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • William Shakespeare We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Campbell Newman We have been spending beyond our means, we are going to focus on the projects that we committed to in the election but importantly if there is additional projects or new things that come up they have to have a business case, they have to work and they can't impose financial stress on families and private individuals and businesses.
    Campbell Newman
    Australian politician (1963 - )
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  • Bruce Vento We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.
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  • Charles Kingsley We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded.
    Charles Kingsley
    British writer (1819 - 1875)
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  • Bruce Sterling We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that "9/11"? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Sterling We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that '9/11'? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Anna Lindh We need the UN, to deal with the threats to our common security from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, not only in the case of Iraq. They must be tackled by the international community together, by strengthening conventions, treaties and agreements.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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  • Richard Dawkins We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Bobby McFerrin Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.
    Bobby McFerrin
    American jazz vocalist (1950 - )
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