Except Quotes
4383 quotes by 2818 authors
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Peron had a wise saying. In politics, you can recover from anything except looking like a fool.
— Alma Guillermoprieto
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Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person…
— Tom G. Palmer
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In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
— Kabir Bedi
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I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.
— Douglas Sirk
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I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I…
— Douglas Sirk
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Although we strap time to our wrists, stuff it into our pockets, hang it on our walls, a perpetually moving picture for every room of…
— Monique Truong
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You would be very ashamed if you knew what the experiences you call setbacks, upheavals, pointless disturbances, and tedious annoyances really are. You would realize…
— Jean-Pierre de Caussade
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and…
— Francis Pharcellus Church
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A test of a Christian's character is what he does after he comes to the blockade in the road and what his attitude is after…
— Lester Roloff
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But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.
— C.J. Sansom
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We turn off the TV, video games and computer - except for homework - during the week. The TV's reserved for Friday night, Saturday and…
— Candace Cameron
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I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.
— Trevor Dunn
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Truly nothing is to be expected except for the unexpected.
— Alice James
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Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I…
— Louis XIV
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Granpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said privately to me that there was always…
— Forrest Carter
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An essential portion of any artist’s labor is not creation so much as invocation. Part of the work cannot be made, it must be received;…
— Lewis Hyde
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So we must realize this: the suicidal framing story that dominates our world today has no power except the power we give it by believing…
— Brian D. McLaren
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The scarily brilliant Romantic poet and visionary William Blake dared to say what many of us have perhaps thought but kept to ourselves: “A good…
— Brian D. McLaren
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No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
— Charles Simmons
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No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a forest ranger The…
— Yvon Chouinard
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