Quotes with well-brought-up

Quotes 601 till 620 of 1499.

  • Anna Wickham It is well within the order of things that man should listen when his mate sings; but the true male never yet walked who liked to listen when his mate talked.
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  • Arnold Bennett It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Bruce Sutter It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the hitter just swings and misses. They don't see that ball that well. Jack Morris threw an awful good one and Mike Scott. There's a lot of great pitchers over the years that I think that pitch definitely helped their career.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Breyten Breytenbach It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal.
    Breyten Breytenbach
    South African writer and painter (1939 - )
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  • Bernadette Peters It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
    Bernadette Peters
    American actress, singer, and author (1948 - )
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  • John Updike It rots a writer's brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily you're well on the way to being a cretin. Or a politician.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Carole King It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell
    And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well.
    Tapestry (1971)
    Carole King
    American singer-songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Cal Hubbard It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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  • Berkeley Breathed It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one.
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Calamity Jane It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
    Calamity Jane
    American frontierswoman (1852 - 1903)
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  • Barry McGuire It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs.
    Barry McGuire
    American singer-songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Arthur E. Waite It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
    Arthur E. Waite
    American-born British poet and mystic (1857 - 1942)
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  • Bobby Farrelly It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well.
    Bobby Farrelly
    American film director, screenwriter and producer (1958 - )
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  • Adam Arkin It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
    Adam Arkin
    American actor (1956 - )
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  • Anthea Turner It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.
    Anthea Turner
    English television presenter (1960 - )
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  • Joseph Conrad It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Caroline Dhavernas It's funny because I think it also goes very well with the show. It has this reputation as being this love city where everyone goes to get married, but when you get there, it's very corny and tacky.
    Caroline Dhavernas
    Canadian actress (1978 - )
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  • Bill Nye It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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  • Bode Miller It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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