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Why stay on the earth except to grow. — Robert Browning
To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year… — Tony Shalhoub
I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em. — Johnny Knoxville
Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope. — Bernard Berenson
The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing… — Eric Hoffer
The smell of factory farms . . . many notice these places only when the odours reach their homes, affecting their own quality of life.… — Matthew Scully
No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods-his horse and… — Rudyard Kipling
I've really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow except I was just so low in… — Ernie Pyle
Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record. — Andreas Feininger
Every successful photograph, except for lucky shots, begins with an idea and a plan. The more precisely a photographer knows what it is he wishes… — Andreas Feininger
I had no agenda in writing this play except expressing myself. . . . It later occurred to me that I was not only announcing… — Mart Crowley
. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last. In my experience,… — Craig Lucas
Remember, Monsieur that roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns and that heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only in weakness. — Vincent de Paul
In God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent; let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us, be it agreeable… — Vincent de Paul
[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will… — Vincent de Paul
You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent. — Vincent de Paul
The most sublime efforts of philosophy can extend no farther than feebly to point out the desire, the hope, or, at most, the probability, of… — Edward Gibbon
Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those… — J C Ryle
There's some that came here never believing they were dead. They insisted all the way that they were alive, it was a mistake, someone would… — Philip Pullman
I guess, when you get down to it, a loving touch compensates for an unskilled hand about everywhere except in an airplane cockpit. — Robert Breault
She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both… — Lloyd Alexander
You see layers as you look down. you see clouds towering up. You see their shadows on the sunlit plains, and you see a ship's… — Joseph P. Allen
Just a rock, a dome of snow, the deep blue sky, and a hunk of orange-painted metal from which a shredded American flag cracked in… — Tom Hornbein
The sun rose yellow as a lemon.The sky was round and blue.The birds looped clear water songs in the air.Will and Jim leaned from their… — Ray Bradbury
And I go out of Father's house and I walk down the street, and it is very quiet even thought it is the middle of… — Mark Haddon

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