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5402 Known quotes by 3459 unique authors

I didn't want to be known as the reality-show star trying to be an actress, so I kept a lot of the failed auditions to… — Jamie Chung
The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. — Pete Seeger
Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for — Peggy Fleming
I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into… — Christopher Meloni
I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness… — Shaquille O'Neal
I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality. — Eva Mendes
I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all. — Noel Coward
Rushing to optimize before the bottlenecks are known may be the only error to have ruined more designs than feature creep. From tortured code to… — Eric S. Raymond
I`m basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what`s known as… — Donald O'Connor
I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is based… — Donald O'Connor
While some of us may know than others about certain things, it is the thinnest slice of all that is, or could be known. In… — Charles Osgood
A tough woman. That lady has touched more people than I've ever known. — Ray Allen
When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice. — Julie Benz
I love music so much and that kind of takes away from the fact that I am missing out on some things. I have always… — Lucy Hale
There's been someone up here screaming 'Landslide' for the whole show... Normally we don't play 'Landslide,' but on occasion we've been known to play it...… — Billy Corgan
The thing is, when you see your old friends, you come face to face with yourself. I run into someone I've known for 40 or… — Polly Bergen
I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and… — Milla Jovovich
Chicago is known as the Windy City, and Montana is called the Big Sky State, so I think that we should somehow combine the two… — Mitch Hedberg
To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine… — Sterling Hayden
The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the veil of the known into the unknown; the powers that watch at the boundary are… — Joseph Campbell
I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am… — Serena Williams
Naturally, I was thrilled but being the first year, the Academy Awards had no background or tradition, and it naturally didn’t mean what it does… — Unknown Author
I've never known a writer who didn't feel ill at ease in the world. We all feel unhoused in some sense. That's part of why… — Andrea Barrett
Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth of Nations is… — George Akerlof
And if I really can see the future, then what does it mean? Is there any sense in our lives if everything is already out… — Marcus Sedgwick

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