Quotes with would-be

Quotes 1401 till 1420 of 2262.

  • Aileen Wuornos My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I've come clean in all of my cases. I killed in pure hate, robbing along the way. So if this person hasn't, then I'd sure appreciate it if someone would inform him or her of it.
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  • Bode Miller My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered, but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Mick Jagger My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
    Mick Jagger
    English singer-songwriter, composer and actor (1943 - )
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  • Barbara Corcoran My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej My mother praised me when I did something good, and then the next moment, she would say, 'Don't float.' She put me in a balloon and then pricked it.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Buck Owens My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Thomas Jefferson My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Anne Rice My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to be put in the double parlor, and I would like all the flowers to be white.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Benjamin Clementine My parents always said that I would be a lawyer or pilot or doctor - and I always just thought that's what I would do.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Brandi Chastain My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • Augusten Burroughs My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Bill Burr My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Barack Obama My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
    Source: An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Billy Casper My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taught me commitment to work hard.
    Billy Casper
    American professional golfer (1931 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard My parents would never throw the kids in first class for the flights; they'd be up front, and we'd be economy - we knew we were lucky just to be travelling.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Ben Stein My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Benazir Bhutto My party would not have allowed the Taleban to become such a huge force that they would need to sign a peace treaty.
    Source: Destinys daughter
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Billy Corgan My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Billy Corgan My step-mom would tell me that she would get complaints from adults that I stared too much at them.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Camille Paglia My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm - as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a representative democracy.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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