Half Quotes

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It is finally when you let go of what people expect you to be and people's perceptions of you that you're able to be the… — Gwyneth Paltrow
In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to… — Robert South
Decades from now, people will look back and wonder how societies could have acquiesced in a sex slave trade in the twenty-first century that is...… — Sheryl WuDunn
The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our… — R. D. Laing
I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't… — Rod Stewart
It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You… — Richard Jeni
Only the half-mad are wholly alive. — Edward Abbey
I've wrecked and ravaged half my life in the pursuit of women, and I suffer the pangs of about seventeen regrets -- the seventeen who… — Edward Abbey
How to Avoid Pleurisy: Never make love to a girl named Candy on the tailgate of a half-ton Ford pickup during a chill rain in… — Edward Abbey
If we had the power of ten Shakespeares or a dozen Mozarts, we could not produce anything half so marvelous as one ordinary human child. — Edward Abbey
If you're never ridden a fast horse at a dead run across a desert valley at dawn, be of good cheer: You've only missed out… — Edward Abbey
One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by… — Alexis de Tocqueville
There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat. A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for… — George Jones
Those who donâ€™t read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose… — Thomas Jefferson
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;â€”war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of… — Alexander Hamilton
Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive mind, which then… — Terry Pratchett
I felt a curious thrill, as if something had stirred in me, half wakened from sleep. There was something very remote and strange and beautiful… — J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to… — John Mica
The task of organizing human happiness needs the active cooperation of man and woman: it cannot be relegated to one half of the world. — Lillian Wald

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