Quotes with sure-thing

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  • William Somerset Maugham You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Ben Gibbard You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Aaron Spelling You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Warren Buffett You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Ben Carson You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • S. I. Hayakawa You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words. Conversation in a dorm room quoted in Language in Thought and Action,
    S. I. Hayakawa
    Canada-American Senator (1902 - 1992)
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  • Cass Elliot You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.
    Cass Elliot
    American singer and actress (1941 - 1974)
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  • E. B. White You have been my friends, replied Charlotte, that in itself is a tremendous thing...
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Carlos Ghosn You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • An Wang You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.
    An Wang
    Chinese–American computer engineer and inventor (1920 - 1990)
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  • Jonathan Carroll You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Bill Cosby You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.
    Source: Bill Cosby on Fatherhood
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Bernhard Langer You know, as you get older, the first thing you lose is memory. It seems to be happening with me.
    Bernhard Langer
    German professional golfer (1957 - )
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  • Clare Boothe Luce You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Mary Pickford You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ''Failure'' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
    Mary Pickford
    Canadian film and theater actress and film producer (1892 - 1979)
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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