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Quotes 5121 till 5140 of 7322.

  • Robert Baden-Powell The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
    Robert Baden-Powell
    British Army officer, writer, author and founder of the Scout Movement (1857 - 1941)
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  • Ben E. King The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists. Can you imagine a Beethoven making $100, 000 a year?
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Eva Figes The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices - against half the human race - that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.
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  • Burt Bacharach The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important.
    Burt Bacharach
    American composer, songwriter and pianist (1928 - 2023)
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  • Bill Haley The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.
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  • Bob Cousy The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.
    Bob Cousy
    American basketball player (1928 - )
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld The myths have always condemned those who ''looked back.'' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bayard Taylor The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics - the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw - but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Ben Folds The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Bill Simmons The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can.
    Bill Simmons
    American sports analyst and author (1969 - )
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  • Desiderius Erasmus The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Fred Friendly The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap and they know it.
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  • Samuel Johnson The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Beth Henley The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • John McCain The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.
    John McCain
    American politician (1936 - 2018)
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  • Henry Kissinger The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.
    Henry Kissinger
    American politician (1923 - 2023)
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