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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.
    Source: 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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