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  • Edward Dahlberg So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Stephen Hawking So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.
    Source: Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Calista Flockhart So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Billy Bragg So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
    Billy Bragg
    English singer-songwriter (1957 - )
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  • Ben Stein So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Bryan Adams Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Carlisle Floyd Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Carl I. Hagen Some have said that what is happening now is the beginning of World War III. Fundamentalists take over countries with population flows across borders. After some time riots occur, as we see now in France. There is talk about 30,000 recruited suicide bombers.
    Source: About immigration, Islam etc. After the 2005 civil unrest in France, interviewed
    Carl I. Hagen
    Norwegian politician (1944 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Billy Campbell Some of the best auditions I've ever had have been when my agent called and said, 'They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.' I'm not sitting there thinking for a week and a half, before I'm supposed to go in front of a network president to do something. That just gives you time to be nervous.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Bud Grant Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Harry S. Truman Some of the Presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great Presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Alexander Pope Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Barbara Bush Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood... but everyone has something to give.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Bernard Gilpin Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that thinks and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers.
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  • Louis L'Amour Some say opportunity knocks only once, That is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.
    Louis L'Amour
     
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  • Brad Feld Some Sundays, I read it quickly - other Sundays, I savor it. I generally spend most of my time in 'The New York Times Book Review,' 'Sunday Business,' 'Sunday Review,' and 'The New York Times Magazine.' I turn all the other pages, only stopping when I find a headline that interests me.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Ben Shahn Some time ago, we went to Asia and took a camera along, and I began to do what I'd done even years ago doing people. I couldn't get interested in it. And I did hundreds of photographs of details of the monuments as sculpture.
    Ben Shahn
    Lithuanian-born American artist (1898 - 1969)
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  • Helen Rowland Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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