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  • Bono We used to say, 'They have everything, but it.' We had nothing, but it.
    CNN Larry King Weekend (2002)
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Thomas à Kempis We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • John F. Kennedy We want to be first; not first if, not first but; but first!
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Bobby Farrelly We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait.
    Bobby Farrelly
    American film director, screenwriter and producer (1958 - )
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  • Bonnie Tyler We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren't Bible-bashers, but we all have a strong belief in God and a strong faith. We had a huge garden; our house was a bit like a scene from 'The Good Life.' I think Mam and Dad had it really hard, bringing up a big family on very little.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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  • Butch Trucks We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Bill Bruford We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.
    Bill Bruford
    English drummer, composer and producer (1949 - )
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  • William Shakespeare We were not born to sue, but to command.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Black Kettle We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other.
    Black Kettle
    Native Indian Cheyenne chief (1803 - 1868)
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  • Alan Bennett We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.
    Alan Bennett
    British playwright, screenwriter, actor and author (1934 - )
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  • Barry White We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
    Barry White
    American singer-songwriter, record producer and composer (1944 - 2003)
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  • Ben Bradlee We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.
    Ben Bradlee
    American journalist (1921 - 2014)
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  • Oscar Wilde We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Martin Luther King We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Earl Nightingale We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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  • Baltasar Kormakur We will work on ways to digitally enhance Everest, matching it with Dolomites and Everest, but I'll do everything physically first. If there's no other way, then I'll go to CGI.
    Baltasar Kormakur
    Icelandic actor, theater and film director (1966 - )
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  • Bjorn Lomborg We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that. But perhaps for the right to have our opinions and to change them.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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