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  • Billy Boyd But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.
    Billy Boyd
    Scottish actor and musician (1968 - )
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    American Author (1906 - 2001)
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  • Blaise Pascal Caesar was too old, it seems to me, to go off and amuse himself conquering the world. Such a pastime was all right for Augustus and Alexander; they were young men, not easily held in check, but Caesar ought to have been more mature.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Carl Sandburg Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
    Ever the Winds of Chance (1983)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Jean Paul Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Bonnie Hunt Chicago has definitely played a part in my character development. I love the essence of the city, the personalities of the people, the hard-working spirit that you need to get through the winters. And every neighborhood has its great restaurants and the local hot-dog stand.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Barry Sanders Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Pat Riley Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.
    Pat Riley
    American basketball coach (1945 - )
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  • Branch Rickey Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • Bob Dylan Come Congressmen, Senators, please heed the call
    Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
    For he who gets hurt will be he who has
    The Times They Are A-Changin (1964)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Bo Burnham Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or a god, which some people do. This might just be in America, but 'stand-up comedy' is something very particular that I don't particularly relate to.
    Bo Burnham
    American comedian, musician, actor and poet (1990 - )
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  • Carter Burwell Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • Samuel Butler Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Robert Townsend Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.
    Robert Townsend
    American businessman
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  • Herb Shriner Conversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.
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  • Billy Graham Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
    A Time for Moral Courage, Readers Digest (July 1964)
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Winston Churchill Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Doug Horton Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Barbara Amiel Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for life or cutting off their hands without a trial.
    Barbara Amiel
    British journalist, writer, and socialite (1940 - )
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