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Quotes 461 till 480 of 1807.

  • William Butler Yeats I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Andrew Vachss I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
    Andrew Vachss
    American crime fiction author (1942 - )
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  • Buchi Emecheta I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.
    Buchi Emecheta
    Nigerian-born British novelist (1944 - 2017)
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  • Alexander Dubcek I can only say, think of me what you will, I have worked for thirty years in the Party, and my whole family has devoted everything to the affairs of the Party, the affairs of socialism.
    Alexander Dubcek
    Czechoslovak and Slovak politician (1921 - 1992)
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  • Billie Holiday I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • John Cage I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
    John Cage
    American composer and music (1912 - 1992)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let Belgravia go laughing to a vicious luxury, and Whitechapel cursing to a filthy debauchery - such suffering, such dreadful suffering - and shall the short years of Christ's mission atone for it all?
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Adam Brody I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
    Adam Brody
    American actor, writer, musician, and producer (1979 - )
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  • Ann Beattie I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Ray Bradbury I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for ten years.
    Ray Bradbury
    American science-fiction writer (1920 - 2012)
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  • Ben Gibbard I decided a handful of years ago that I just want to write songs that you can understand as soon as you put the record on. There's no need to veil what's happening in the song the way I used to.
    My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.
    Source: The Meaning Of Life
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Adam Clayton I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.
    Adam Clayton
    Irish musician (1960 - )
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  • Bruce Cockburn I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Anne Stevenson I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Tony Benn I did not enter the labor Party forty-seven years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr. Mori, Dr. Gallup and Mr. Harris.
    Tony Benn
    British Labor politician (1925 - 2014)
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  • Anthony Holden I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Bob Hope I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Stephen Hawking I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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  • Buddy Rice I don't think you'll understand the true repercussions of what the 500 does for you until years down the road.
    Buddy Rice
    American racecar driver (1976 - )
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  • Anna Held I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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