Lived Quotes
4465 Lived quotes by 2988 unique authors
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O happy dogs of England, Bark well at errand boys, If you lived anywhere else, You would not be allowed to make such an infernal…
— Stevie Smith
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My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn't live for stories, exactly, but I think he…
— Henry Louis Gates
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I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream.
— Theodore Sturgeon
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I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite…
— George Gershwin
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That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises…
— Minna Antrim
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I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.
— Bess Myerson
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Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious…
— Milos Forman
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You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look…
— Lauren Holly
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Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source…
— Eric Burdon
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Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed to be told…
— Tom Bodett
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In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in…
— Shalom Harlow
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I did become American citizen in order to vote. I lived in this country for a very long time and I finally reached the point…
— Lynn Redgrave
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Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. He meant that a life lived without forethought or principle is a life so…
— A.C. Grayling
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Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they…
— Betty Ford
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I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and…
— James Spader
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If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about their…
— Marina Warner
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I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested…
— Arthur Keith
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Sometimes I wish I lived more in the day, but I'm happier thinking about tomorrow or the day after. The way I see it, there's…
— Les Wexner
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I'm sure there were plenty of loving, attentive mothers in the 'me generation,' but none of them lived at my house.
— Ariel Gore
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So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This…
— Alastair Campbell
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
— Sam Mendes
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I didn't go to theater school. I didn't go to Julliard. But I've lived a lot. I've seen a lot. I feel like that makes…
— Minka Kelly
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New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it…
— Lawrence Block
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I'm a lifelong Vikings and Packers fan because I lived in both Minnesota and Wisconsin as a kid.
— Mark Batterson
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When I read Frank Miller's 'The Dark Knight Returns', I think it's a wonderful record of the Reagan era. I think it's amazing. This is…
— Max Brooks
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