Ago Quotes
3831 Ago quotes by 2810 unique authors
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One of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two days ago as I write…
— John Thorn
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I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs…
— Betty Friedan
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Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had been right all…
— John Foster Dulles
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What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission…
— Erica Jong
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I have never really got used to being on this earth. Sometimes I think our presence here is due to a cosmic blunder, that we…
— John Banville
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Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that's too grand, too considered a process. History just burps,…
— Julian Barnes
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Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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The people on Wall Street broke this country, and they did it one lousy mortgage at a time. It happened more than three years ago,…
— Elizabeth Warren
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Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family.
— George Washington
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We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting'; talk and chat…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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If I was ever a rare fine summer person, that's long ago. Most of us are half-and-half. The August noon in us works to stave…
— Ray Bradbury
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Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it.
— Henny Youngman
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Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can't remember the name, but it wasn't even a sad movie. It caught…
— Roger Federer
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Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting corporations…
— Eugene V. Debs
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It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did…
— John Humphrys
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The experience of humanism is that 'nothing human is alien to me'; that I carry within myself all of humanity; that nothing which exists in…
— Erich Fromm
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One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how…
— Roger Federer
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I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, 'If you don't win Roland Garros we…
— Roger Federer
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Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life…
— Rafael Nadal
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The task that has fallen to us as Americans is to move the conscience of the world, to keep alive the hope and dream of…
— Ronald Reagan
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We also share a profound desire for a lasting peace in the Middle East. My Administration is dedicated to achieving this goal, one which will…
— George H. W. Bush
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Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.
— Mitt Romney
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I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My…
— Mitt Romney
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So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the…
— Poul Anderson
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You can't trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it.
— Frederik Pohl
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