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Quotes 161 till 180 of 1861.

  • Khaled Hosseini And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
    The Kite Runner
    Khaled Hosseini
    Afghan-born American novelist and physician (1965 - )
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  • Bill Bailey And the thing is, I'm amazed they went with Obama at all, you know, I mean, I thought Hilary would have been a shoe-in, but no. Apparently America's got an issue with gender, not with race. Huh. So, um...
    Dandelion Mind
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • William Cobbett Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of ''speculation''; but which ought to be called Gambling.
    William Cobbett
    British journalist (1763 - 1835)
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  • Joan Didion Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it...Somehow the book doesn't leave you when you're asleep right next to it.
    Faceboek (2011)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Adam Clymer Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
    Adam Clymer
    American journalist (1937 - 2018)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Adam Pascal Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!.
    Adam Pascal
    American actor and singer (1970 - )
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  • Mark Twain Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • John Philip Sousa Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.
    John Philip Sousa
    American composer and conductor (1854 - 1932)
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  • Barry Sanders Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Bruce Dickinson Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • C. C. H. Pounder Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
    C. C. H. Pounder
    Guyanese–American actress
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  • Boris Pasternak Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Tristan Tzara Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.
    Tristan Tzara
    Romanian poet and artist (ps. by Sami Rosenstock) (1896 - 1963)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Art is not a thing; it is a way.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Elizabeth Bowen Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.
    Elizabeth Bowen
    Anglo-Irish Novelist (1899 - 1973)
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  • Elizabeth Bowen Art is the only thing that can go on mattering, once it has stopped hurting.
    Elizabeth Bowen
    Anglo-Irish Novelist (1899 - 1973)
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  • Josh Billings As a general thing, when the woman wears the pants in the family, she has a good right to them.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Ken Blanchard As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.
    Ken Blanchard
    American writer
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  • Bryan Batt As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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