Quotes 261 till 280 of 380.
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Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.
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Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
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Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in boxing.
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That little white ball won't move until you hit it, and there's nothing you can do after it has gone.
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That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it which will waste it. The same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.
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That you know flag flying over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't.Magic (2007) Long Walk Home -
That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.
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That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.
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The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality
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The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.
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The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years.
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The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
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The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
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The book you don't read won't help.
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The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.
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The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.
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The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good.
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The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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The first two battles of this new era are now over. The battles of Afghanistan and Iraq has been won decisively and honorably.
April 28, 2003
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