Quotes with take-no-prisoners

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • John Gay Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • George Bernard Shaw First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Marcia Wieder Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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  • Gene Brown Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.
    Gene Brown
    American author and editor (1942 - )
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  • Aesop Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • T. S. Eliot Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. My words echo Thus, in your mind.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Ben Hardy For a while, I didn't want to leave the house. Eventually, I just got sick of being indoors. Now I take steps not to be noticed when I don't want to be. For instance, I live near Westfield shopping centre, so I won't go there at the weekend.
    Ben Hardy
    British actor (1991 - )
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  • Beeban Kidron For me, trying to articulate the world to help people see it in a way they haven't seen it before is hugely important. Sometimes, you have to take something that is completely inexplicable and say, 'Look, here is the beating heart of something you must understand.'
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Marguerite Duras For that's what a woman, a mother wants to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for them to be interested in other people's happiness than to believe in their own.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Barbara Mandrell For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing - probably playing ice hockey.
    Barbara Mandrell
    American country music singer, musician, and actress (1948 - )
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  • Caitlin Doughty For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world.
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Billy Porter For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.
    Billy Porter
    American actor and singer (1969 - )
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  • Seneca Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • John Webster Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop.
    John Webster
    English dramatist (1580 - 1634)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Mario Puzo Fredo you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family.
    The Godfather
    Mario Puzo
    American author, screenwriter and journalist (1920 - 1999)
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  • Rollo May Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
    Rollo May
    American psychologist
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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