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5402 Known quotes by 3459 unique authors

I think it's just really made me appreciate life more. I've known people die before that and I was really rattled by it but when… — Mick Fanning
It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these… — Peter Cosgrove
We all of us have a reputation, something we are known for, and sometimes it may be different from what we would like to be… — Peter Cosgrove
We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know,… — Neville Bonner
I am most proud about the science I've done with my own two hands because I have always thought that even if your life path… — Gustav Nossal
I say it is impossible that so sensible a people [citizens of Paris], under such circumstances, should have lived so long by the smoky, unwholesome,… — Benjamin Franklin
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else — Ambrose Bierce
Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are… — David Suzuki
Labor Day is a holiday honoring those who work for a living. Laborious Day is a lesser known holiday honoring those who cannot stop talking… — Daniel Handler
I've never been ready to do a single thing I've ever done in my life. I haven't been prepared enough, haven't studied enough, haven't known… — Lyle Lovett
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the… — Mary Wortley Montagu
It is a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend, or to live in; but to beg or to borrow, or… — John Wilmot
For contemplation is both the highest form of activity (since the intellect is the highest thing in us, and the objects that it apprehends are… — Aristotle
Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have ever known, as though by being in each other's presence we… — Natalie Goldberg
Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. She seldom has received much aid from the power of great men to whom… — Thomas Jefferson
To make your unknown known - that's the important thing. — Georgia O'Keeffe
We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive… — George W. Bush
If I had known that this movie would bring so much craziness, I don't know if I would have said 'yes' to the Twilight Saga.… — Robert Pattinson
Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all is… — Hannah More
Well, the people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all.… — Lauren Bacall
I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter. — Roy Hattersley
It makes me self-conscious. It's because I'm known, in the limelight, that it's getting all the gravy, but if you knew, if you saw some… — Audrey Hepburn
The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with… — Confucius
I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T BE KNOWN AND ONLY IMAGINED.… — Amy Tan
Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist. He adds these… — L. Ron Hubbard

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