Quotes with twenty-three

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  • Francis Bacon People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bette Davis Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Gloria Steinem Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Anthony Doerr Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Calista Flockhart Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword.
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Barry McCaffrey So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
    Barry McCaffrey
    American Army officer, professor and business consultant (1942 - )
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  • Sidney Smith So if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years from now by the memory of it.
    Sidney Smith
    English poet (1771 - 1845)
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  • Ben Shapiro Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Edward Everett Hale Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
    Edward Everett Hale
    American author, historian, and Unitarian minister (0 - 1909)
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  • D'Onofrio Vincent Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that. [On his acting techniques]
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  • Benny Blanco Sometimes you're gonna write a song and it's not gonna be right from the beginning. And you're just gonna have to work through that wall. But if you know something is there, you've gotta just keep doing it until you get it right. So, I'll work on a song for three months if I have to, to get it right.
    Benny Blanco
    American record producer, DJ, songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Rupert Brooke Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea?
    Rupert Brooke
    British poet (1887 - 1915)
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  • Buffalo Bill Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Sir William Osler Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.
    Sir William Osler
    Canadian Physician (1849 - 1919)
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  • Orville Wright Success four flights Thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind started from Level with engine power alone speed through air thirty one miles longest 57 second inform Press home Christmas.
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  • Bernard Lown Summits like those in Geneva promote hope. But hope without action is hopeless. Our enthusiasm for the positive spirit in these deliberations must not blind us to the absence of genuine progress toward disarmament. Twenty-four nuclear bombs are being added weekly to world arsenals.
    Source: Nobel Peace Prize acceptance
    Bernard Lown
     
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  • Jules Renard Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Carolina Herrera Thank God my hair is always the same. And I get dressed very quickly. I am not one of those people who spend three hours getting dressed. I never understood that. What do you do for the two and a half hours after the half hour it takes you to get ready?
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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