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Quotes 961 till 980 of 1861.

  • Logan Pearsall Smith People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Walt Disney People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Ben Vereen People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Billy Collins People think of poetry as a school subject... Poetry is very frustrating to students because they don't have a taste for ambiguity, for one thing. That gives them a poetry hangover.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Bryn Terfel People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.
    Bryn Terfel
    Welsh bass-baritone opera singer (1965 - )
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  • Billy Corgan People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Barry Diller People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Brene Brown Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Bill Bryson Personally, I've never been attracted to danger. It's not my sort of thing. I am more attracted to pubs and cafes. The known, safe and comfortable world.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Plato Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Sir John Harvey Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.
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  • Bill Hybels Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Robert Collier Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Bruce Springsteen Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • C. K. Williams Poems have a different music from ordinary language, and every poem has a different kind of music of necessity, and that's, in a way, the hardest thing about writing poetry is waiting for that music, and sometimes you never know if it's going to come.
    C. K. Williams
    American poet, critic and translator (1936 - 2015)
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  • John Keats Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Kingsley Amis Politics is a thing that only the unsophisticated can really go for.
    Kingsley Amis
    English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher (1922 - 1995)
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  • James A. Garfield Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and be compelled to sink or swim.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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