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Quotes 981 till 1000 of 1807.

  • Arthur Machen Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to be a joke and has become a very serious science.
    Arthur Machen
    Welsh author and mystic (1863 - 1947)
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  • A. E. Housman Now, of my threescore years and ten,
    Twenty will not come again,
    And take from seventy springs a score,
    It only leaves me fifty more.

    And since to look at things in bloom
    Fifty springs are little room,
    About the woodlands I will go
    To see the cherry hung with snow.
    Source: A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 2, st. 2-3
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Sir Thomas Malory Nowadays men cannot love seven night but they must have all their desires: that love may not endure by reason; for where they be soon accorded and hasty, heat soon it cooleth. Right so fareth love nowadays, soon hot soon cold: this is no stability. But the old love was not so.
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  • Brandi Chastain Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Obama made his no-new-taxes pledge over and over again four years ago as he campaigned. Not only has he repeatedly and blatantly violated it, but his policies have relentlessly assaulted poor and middle-income family budgets.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Jonathan Swift Observation is an old man's memory.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Benjamin Graham Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.
    Source: The Intelligent Investor Ch. 20, Margin of Safety: The Central Concept, p.
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Bruce Babbitt Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.
    Bruce Babbitt
    American attorney and politician (1938 - )
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  • Bobby Rahal Obviously it's critical that the three cars are able to contribute to the program. I think that certainly has given much of the reason as to why we did so well at Indy over the last several years.
    Bobby Rahal
    American auto racing driver (1953 - )
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  • Avi Arad Obviously, CGI in the last ten years has gone through such leaps and bounds that today, people are looking for these kinds of movies to wow audiences with technology.
    Avi Arad
    Israeli-American businessman (1948 - )
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  • Carolyn Gold Heilbrun Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed.
    Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
    American academic, feminist and author (1926 - 2003)
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  • Arthur Conan Doyle Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    British writer and medical doctor (1859 - 1930)
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  • Margaret Thatcher Of course, it is the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Bill Kreutzmann Oh yeah, it's great see music and to play music in small places. And it's really fun for me to play here because, you know, I played two feet from people all night. And after all those years, it's great to be able to talk to folks.
    Bill Kreutzmann
    American drummer (1946 - )
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  • Eliza Cook Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start when memory plays an old tune on the heart!
    Eliza Cook
    English author and poet (1818 - 1889)
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  • Bob Balaban Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old - I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.
    Bob Balaban
    American actor, author and producer (1945 - )
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  • Billy Eckstine Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically.
    Billy Eckstine
    American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader (1914 - 1993)
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  • Felix Frankfurter Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
    Felix Frankfurter
    Austrian-American lawyer, professor, and jurist (1882 - 1965)
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  • Eric Hoffer Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Plato Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but from many.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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