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Quotes 281 till 300 of 1813.

  • Martina Navratilova Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
    Martina Navratilova
    American Tennis player (1956 - )
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Oscar Wilde Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracian Do something well, and that is quickly enough.
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Buzz Aldrin Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Voltaire Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Arthur Hiller Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.
    Arthur Hiller
    Canadian-American television and film director (1923 - 2016)
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  • Blaise Pascal Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Arnold Bennett Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Robert Byrne Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.
    Robert Byrne
    American author (1928 - 2013)
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  • Bethany Hamilton Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it's fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I've healed very well.
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Adam Sandler Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • John Banville Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope of learning.
    John Banville
    Irish writer (1945 - )
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  • Dale Carnegie Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Jim Rohn Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Wernher Von Braun Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.
    Wernher Von Braun
    German-American rocket scientist and scientist (1912 - 1977)
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  • Butch Trucks Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much that kind of figure. His deal with Mephistopheles was to experience everything life has to offer, good and bad.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Beeban Kidron During my 'difficult teens,' I read about worlds that were mysterious.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Sylvia Plath dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call.
    Sylvia Plath
    American poet (1932 - 1963)
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