Quotes with tell-tales

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  • Charles Péguy We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.
    Charles Péguy
    French writer and poet (1873 - 1914)
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  • W. H. Auden ''Healing,'' Papa would tell me, ''is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.''
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Betty Wright 'Pain' is more indicative of what I like to do. I'm lyric-conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.
    Betty Wright
    American singer (1953 - 2020)
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  • Caskie Stinnet A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
    Caskie Stinnet
    American writer and editor (1911 - 1998)
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  • A. Brisbane A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
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  • Bo Bennett A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Bill Kurtis A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.
    Bill Kurtis
    American television journalist (1940 - )
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  • Babe Ruth A man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of the profits he brings in. Don't make any difference if it's baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. It's business, I tell you. There ain't no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Patricia Neal A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
    Patricia Neal
    American actress (1926 - 2010)
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  • Byron Howard A nice thing about being at Disney is that these movies can develop into a presence in theme parks and become something real, or maybe get a sequel or tell other stories.
    Byron Howard
    American film director and producer (1968 - )
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  • Carolus Linnaeus A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them.
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  • Adrienne Rich A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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  • Plutarch A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Curtis Carlson A salesman must also have flexible goals. You may say, ''I want to sell 10 accounts this week,'' and you sell five. You're ready to die. But, you tell yourself, ''Five isn't too bad. You know, next week maybe I'll sell 10.
    Curtis Carlson
    American businessman and technologist (1945 - )
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  • Henry Brooks Adams A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
    Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Andy Rooney A writer's job is to tell the truth.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Andrew Denton Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals.
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  • Brendan Gleeson Actors will always tell you it's more fun playing bad guys. A lot of the time, it's criminals who are the people who don't care. There's something extraordinarily seductive about the guy who doesn't care, and to play that guy is terribly empowering, because you don't have to worry about the consequences of your actions.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Letitia Elizabeth Landon Ah tell me not that memory sheds gladness over the past; what is recalled by faded flowers save that they did not last?
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