Quotes with takes

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  • Benjamin Millepied 'Swan Lake' is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer; it really requires such specific qualities of articulation, agility, strength, and the arm work is something that takes a lot of training.
    Benjamin Millepied
    French dancer and choreographer (1977 - )
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  • O. Henry A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
    O. Henry
    American short story writer, pen name of William S. Porter (1862 - 1910)
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  • Elbert Hubbard A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Cyril Northcote Parkinson A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
    Cyril Northcote Parkinson
    British naval historian (1909 - 1993)
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  • Francis Picabia A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
    Francis Picabia
    French painter and poet (1879 - 1953)
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  • Arnold H. Glasgow A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
    Arnold H. Glasgow
    American editor and businessman (Born as Arnold Henry Glasow) (1905 - 1998)
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  • Beryl Bainbridge A man is two people, himself and his cock. A man always takes his friend to the party. Of the two, the friend is the nicer, being more able to show his feelings.
    Beryl Bainbridge
    English writer (1932 - 2010)
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  • Nelson Mandela A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.
    De lange weg naar vrijheid
    Nelson Mandela
    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader (1918 - 2013)
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  • Bob Mayer A one-hundred-thousand-word novel might take a year or several years, and then you just come to 'The End' one day. But it takes hundreds of days to get to 'The End.' As a writer, you have to put in those hundreds of days.
    Bob Mayer
    American author (1959 - )
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  • Jessamyn West A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
    Jessamyn West
    American author of short stories and novels (1902 - 1984)
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  • William Penn A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • David Ogilvy A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.
    David Ogilvy
    American businessman, Advertising Expert (1911 - 1999)
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  • Samuel Johnson A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Alice Stone Blackwell A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
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  • James Stephens A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
    James Stephens
    Irish writer and poet (1882 - 1950)
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  • John F. Kennedy A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Billy Bragg All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans.
    Billy Bragg
    English singer-songwriter (1957 - )
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  • Bonnie Wright All of a sudden, it became a bit daunting. I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.
    How Bonnie charmed Harry, Charlotte Methven, Daily Mail, 12th December 2009
    Bonnie Wright
    English actress, model and activist (1991 - )
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  • George F. Will All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are ''up to a point.''
    George F. Will
    American columnist (1941 - )
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