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Quotes 1721 till 1740 of 2473.

  • Ben Shahn The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time.
    Ben Shahn
    Lithuanian-born American artist (1898 - 1969)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it''
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Mother Teresa The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Ian McEwan The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.
    Ian McEwan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • Philip K. Dick The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.
    Philip K. Dick
    American science fiction writer (1928 - 1982)
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  • Josh Billings The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Bill Shankly The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
    Bill Shankly
    Scottish football player and manager (1913 - )
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  • Mark Twain The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • John Holt The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
    John Holt
    American author and educator (1923 - 1985)
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  • James Russell Lowell The true use of a letter is to let one know that one is remembered and valued.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Jorge Luis Borges The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.
    Jorge Luis Borges
    Argentijns writer (1899 - 1986)
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  • Norman Schwarzkopf The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
    Norman Schwarzkopf
    American general (1934 - 2012)
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  • Barry Eisler The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • Bill Gates The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bertrand Russell The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Aldous Huxley The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • A.J. Cronin The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
    A.J. Cronin
    Scottish novelist and physician (1896 - 1981)
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  • Black Kettle The white people can go wherever they please and they will not be disturbed by us, and I want you to let them know.
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970)
    Black Kettle
    Native Indian Cheyenne chief (1803 - 1868)
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  • Gloria Steinem The whole idea is not to figure out what you should do that will matter, but to make each thing you do reflect the values you want, because we don't know what's going to matter in the future.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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