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Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in,… — George Bernard Shaw
I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each… — Ed Sheeran
Like many other touchstones of twenty-first-century pop culture, 'The Sopranos' was hatched in the late Nineties, predicting a future that never arrived. It was designed… — Rob Sheffield
Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a Gallup poll, when you ask Americans if… — Nate Silver
There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new… — David Simon
What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture… — Thomas Sowell
Woodstock - I didn't see anybody play, except when I was standing backstage waiting to go on, because it was so muddy. And the weather… — Grace Slick
To say that majorities, as such, have a right to rule minorities, is equivalent to saying that minorities have, and ought to have, no rights,… — Lysander Spooner
Legally speaking, the term 'public rights' is as vague and indefinite as are the terms 'public health,' 'public good,' 'public welfare,' and the like. It… — Lysander Spooner
I love art more than anything in the world except for my family. — Sylvester Stallone
If you act like you know what you're going, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery. — Sharon Stone
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for… — Ben Stein
So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know… — Ben Stein
One can acquire everything in solitude except character. — Stendhal
I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine. — Martha Stewart
I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. — J. Michael Straczynski
I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports. — Andre Leon Talley
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. — Jonathan Swift
I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You… — Andre Leon Talley
Everything makes me nervous - except making films. — Elizabeth Taylor
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies. — William Makepeace Thackeray
It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources. — Paul Theroux
Literary life used to be quite different in Britain in the years I lived there, from 1971 to 1989, because money was not a factor… — Paul Theroux
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to… — Henry David Thoreau

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