Double Quotes
986 quotes by 819 authors
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After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars.…
— Eric Liu
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like,…
— William H. Macy
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Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and…
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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I have never owned a share of stock in my life, and the only time I've double dipped into anything is at the snack tray.
— Michael Moore
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I nearly died of double bronchial pneumonia at the age of five.
— Roger Moore
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Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
— Frank Murphy
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I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.
— Liam Neeson
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The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.
— David Ogilvy
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The teacher's life should have three periods, study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on…
— William Osler
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
— William Penn
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Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no…
— Terry Pratchett
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I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist,…
— Gordon Ramsay
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Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.
— Adrienne Rich
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I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.
— Alan Rickman
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Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.
— Eli Roth
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Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe…
— Ja Rule
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I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists…
— Paul Ryan
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In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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I tap danced for ten years before I began to understand people don't make musicals anymore. All I wanted to do was be at MGM…
— Zadie Smith
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