Quotes with still-distant

Quotes 121 till 140 of 884.

  • W. Mitchell Before my accidents, there were ten thousands things I could do. I could spend the rest of my life dwelling on the things that I had lost, but instead I chose to focus on the nine thousand I still had left.
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  • Decimus Magnus Ausonius Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
    Decimus Magnus Ausonius
    Roman poet (310 - 395)
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  • Van Morrison Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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  • Bhagavad Gita Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Breyten Breytenbach Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.
    Breyten Breytenbach
    South African writer and painter (1939 - )
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  • Toni Morrison Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Bill Bryson Britain still has the most reliably beautiful countryside of anywhere in the world. I would hate to be part of the generation that allowed that to be lost.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Beilby Porteus But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven To bleed for man, to teach him how to live, And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die.
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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  • Antoine Fuqua But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.
    Antoine Fuqua
    American film director and producer (1966 - )
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  • Anne McCaffrey But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Bai Ling But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them.
    Bai Ling
    Chinese-American actress (1966 - )
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  • Bret Harte But still when the mists of doubt prevail, And we lie becalmed by the shores of age, We hear from the misty troubled shore The voce of children gone before. Drawing the soul to its anchorage.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Bode Miller But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn't skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that's probably what got me there.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Barack Obama But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.
    Statement during National Prayer Breakfast (27 September 2010)
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Billy Bragg But, in the end, even a song that's as politically bland as Blowin in the Wind, you probably wouldn't get up and sing that now, whereas some of Bob Dylan's love songs that were contemporary with that, like say Girl from the North Country, you can still get up an play now.
    Billy Bragg
    English singer-songwriter (1957 - )
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  • Audre Lorde But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Nikos Kazantzakis By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
    Nikos Kazantzakis
    Greek writer (1883 - 1957)
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  • Barton Seaver By thinking through the grilling process while still in the kitchen, you can easily gather all of the items that you might need and conveniently carry them to the outdoors area.
    Barton Seaver
    American author and chef (1979 - )
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  • Anthony Holden Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Arthur Keith Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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