Quotes with tragedy-in-the-making

Quotes 341 till 360 of 666.

  • Cliff Fadiman Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
    Cliff Fadiman
    American writer
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  • Bill Dedman MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before making any political contribution.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Abel Ferrara My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.
    Abel Ferrara
    American filmmaker (1951 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much, and I am willing to do this again if necessary.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Jean Paul Getty My father said: ''You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.''
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Anish Kapoor My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the studio and spent the next two and a half years making almost nothing.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • Busta Rhymes My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Bre Pettis My parents had a software company making children's software for the Apple II+, Commodore 64 and Acorn computers. They hired these teenagers to program the software, and these guys were true hackers, trying to get more colors and sound and animation out of those computers.
    Bre Pettis
    American entrepreneur and video blogger
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  • Billy Collins My poems tend to have rhetorical structures; what I mean by that is they tend to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. There tends to be an opening, as if you were reading the opening chapter of a novel. They sound like I'm initiating something, or I'm making a move.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Brad Sherman My positions on gun safety have remained consistent over the years, and have been on my website for years. Whether I'm in a tough re-election race, an easy re-election race, or if it isn't an election year, whether there's a high-profile tragedy in the news or otherwise, my position remains unchanged and on my website.
    Brad Sherman
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Austrian composer, pianist, violinist and conductor (1756 - 1791)
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  • Robert H. Schuller Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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  • Napoleon Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • George Washington Carver Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor (1864 - 1943)
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  • Charlotte Saunders Cushman No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child.
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  • Barry Lopez No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one's own culture but within oneself... There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning into the light.
    Arctic Dreams
    Barry Lopez
    American author (1945 - )
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  • Hermann Broch No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.
    Hermann Broch
    Austrian writer (1886 - 1951)
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  • Algernon Sydney No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest.
    Algernon Sydney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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