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Quotes 861 till 880 of 1861.

  • Bob Woodward Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Ben Elton No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • George Orwell No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Ronald Reagan No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • John Ruskin No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Epictetus No great thing is created suddenly.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Epictetus No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Bernard Mandeville No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and the principle we act from: but the seeds of every passion are innate to us, and nobody comes into the world without them.
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • George Bernard Shaw No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesn't actually fall down.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Bernard Shaw No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Barry Manilow No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
    Barry Manilow
    American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (1943 - )
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  • F. Scott Fitzgerald No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    American writer (1896 - 1940)
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  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.
    Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Colombian writer (1927 - 2014)
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  • Buzz Aldrin Nobody ever asks who was the seventh person on the Moon. The only thing they know is who's number one and who's number two. Does anybody know who the last man was?
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Bruce Barton Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Pindar Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
    Pindar
    Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes (522 - 443)
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  • Seneca Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Aravind Adiga Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free.
    Last Man in Tower (2011) 419
    Aravind Adiga
    Indo-Australian writer and journalist (1974 - )
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