Quotes 261 till 280 of 8624.
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.
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I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling.
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I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.
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I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream.
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I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: ''What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.''
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I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
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I must say I hate money but it's the lack of it I hate most.
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I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.
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I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
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I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality.
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I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you've got to admire the workmanship.
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I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.
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I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf.
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I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
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I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.
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I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
Source: Town Hall Meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 29 March 2008
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