Quotes with taken-for-granted

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  • Billie Joe Armstrong Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor (1972 - )
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  • Branford Marsalis My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician.
    Branford Marsalis
    American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (1960 - )
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  • Marina Tsvetaeva My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection.
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  • Voltaire My prayer to God is a very short one: ''O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous!'' God has granted it.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • William James No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Aristotle No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • W. H. Auden No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Albrecht Durer No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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  • Ben Carson Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Baruch Spinoza None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Carolyn Heilbrun Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion, both because it is powerless to act in the real world, and because it glides so easily into hatred and resentment against those who have taken our Eden from us.
    Carolyn Heilbrun
    American academic and author (1926 - 2003)
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  • Anthony Holden Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Belle Livingstone Odd how the erotic appeal has swung away from legs; today a smart girl takes her legs for granted and gets herself a good sweater.
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  • Camille Paglia Omen will never be taken seriously until they accept full responsibility for their sexuality.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Red Skelton Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.
    Red Skelton
    American actor and comedian (1913 - 1997)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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