Quotes with two-and-twenty

Quotes 3121 till 3140 of 25590.

  • Caroline Dhavernas At least, I'm very happy that it's going out on DVD because if it wasn't for the fans who signed this petition and were really ongoing about how they loved it, we wouldn't see this DVD right now.
    Caroline Dhavernas
    Canadian actress (1978 - )
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  • Jean Baudrillard At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of women and their eager faces. They are more obscene than if they were dancing naked themselves.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • John Donne At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Gloria Steinem At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m passing the torch. I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • E. M. Forster At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Bo Burnham At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an evolutionary hiccup, something that upright apes do in their free time.
    Bo Burnham
    American comedian, musician, actor and poet (1990 - )
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  • Alanis Morissette At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Bill Dedman At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed foods as possible.'
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Abraham Cahan At one time he was employed on one of the Yiddish dailies, but lost his job during a political campaign, when he refused to write two editorials advocating the election of two opposing candidates, both to appear in the same issue of the newspaper.
    Abraham Cahan
    Belarusian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Derek Wall At present cats have more purchasing power and influence than the poor of this planet. Accidents of geography and colonial history should no longer determine who gets the fish.
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  • Brooke Shields At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Candice Swanepoel At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
    Candice Swanepoel
    South African model and philanthropist (1988 - )
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  • Brenda Brathwaite At Sir-Tech I went through the ranks, almost like an apprenticeship. I was very fortunate. The industry was smaller then, and I was able to work alongside some amazing game designers.
    Brenda Brathwaite
    American game designer
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  • Alanis Morissette At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Theodore Roosevelt At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what’s coming ahead.
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  • Salvador Dali At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Baba Kalyani At the Bangalore air show, we got a contract from Boeing for supplying structural components, and we are already supplying jet engine components to Rolls Royce. Both these are titanium-based, not steel components.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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  • Jean de la Bruyère At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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