Quotes 1861 till 1880 of 3716.
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Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.
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Like many successful people he made good use of disappointments - responding to them with energy, with near-frenzied activity, rather than needing to recover from them.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (1996) 248 -
Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn't work out. But maybe because it didn't work out, that's why I ended up on 'Breaking Bad;' I don't know.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking honest.
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Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders.
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Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
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Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.
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Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling.
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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.
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Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
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Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.
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Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.
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Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed.
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Like sailors, we cannot change the weather or the direction of the wind. But we change the direction of our sails.
The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Five, The Second Question: Charity and Welfare -
Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.
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Like tens of millions of Americans, I will not vote for Hillary Clinton and desire to vote for a bold, conservative leader.
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Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
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